"Courtney Crumrin Heads to Screen"

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According to Variety, Ted Naifeh’s Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things is making the jump from comic to film, with Fox 2000 and New Regency teaming for the adaptation. Graham (Lollipops) Tallman will write the script based on Naifeh’s four-issue miniseries which saw print in 2002, and was the basis for the franchise at Oni Press.

The storyline of the first miniseries, which, according to the trade, will be fairly closely adapted for the film, introduced Courtney as she moves into the home of her Uncle Aloysius, a place alive with its own mysteries, goblins and witchcraft. At the same time, she has to solve the mystery of her disappearing classmates.

While it would be easy to see a film version of Courtney animated along the lines of The Corpse Bride, the film will be live action, with special effects guru (and occasional comics creatior) Stan Winston attached to produce along with Brian J. Gilbert, with Film Roman’s Karen Davis attached as associate producer.

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Comments

[kosher-jenny.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I wonder how it will turn out.