EXCLUSIVE: Sony Pictures has acquired the live-action film rights to bestselling comic book series D’Orc. D’Orc author and illustrator Brett Bean is attached to adapt for the screen.
The film plot is under wraps, but the comic book series marries swashbuckling humor with sprawling magical mythology and unforgettable creatures, all wrapped in a grittier, more action-driven fantasy adventure. Published by Image Comics, the series debuted earlier this year and became an instant best-seller, with its first issue selling out before its release. It is now on its eighth printing, with subsequent issues also going into multiple printings.
Bean is an author and illustrator. In addition to the best-selling D’Orc comic book series, he is the author of the graphic novel series Zoo Patrol Squad, and the Muk ‘n’ Honey‘ book series.
As an illustrator, his work has contributed to the Dungeon Crawler Carl comic series, puppet designs for Jim Henson’s Creature Shop, and Marvel’s comic book series Rocket and Groot. Bean is represented by ChengCaplan Company, InkWell Management, and Alexander Lawrence