Radical Publishing announced today that Sam Raimi has signed on to produce and direct a film adaptation of the comic book mini-series Earp: Saints For Sinners. Earp was created by Matt Cirulnick and David Manpearl and is written by Cirulnick and M. Zachary Sherman. The film version will be produced by Mandeville Films partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman for DreamWorks with Cirulnick attached to write the screenplay. Radical’s President and Publisher, Barry Levine, and Raimi’s partner at Star Road Entertainment, Josh Donen, will also produce with Radical Studios’ Executive Vice President Jesse Berger, Cirulnick and Manpearl signed on as Executive Producers. Earp: Saints For Sinners #0 is currently available to purchase for the premiere price of $1.00. A deluxe-sized issue #1 will go on sale in late 2010. Keep checking the Radical Publishing website for updates.
For those of you in San Diego this week, Cirulnick will unveil artwork and story details at Radical’s creators panel at Comic-Con on Thursday, July 22nd at 2:00 PM in room 32AB. Radical Publishing will also be having a special Earp signing at San Diego Comic-Con booth #3725 on Thursday, July 22nd starting at 5:00 PM.
In a world where the American economy has all but collapsed to the levels of the Great Depression, infamous bandits roam the country and the law is as corrupt as the criminals its sworn to stop. Yet one lawman remains a steadfast moral compass for the people: WYATT EARP. Earp has collared more most-wanted men than anyone in history – but after a violent assignment claims the life of his brother, Wyatt sets out to forge a simple life in the only boomtown left: Las Vegas. With gorgeous women and free-flowing money on endless tap, Sin City attracts more people than a modern gold rush. Though Earp no longer wears a U.S. Marshall’s badge, his past is about to catch up to him. With nearly everything to lose, Earp will have to beat the odds stacked against him in order to bring old-fashioned justice to Sin City.