BRZRKR, the comedian e-book created by Keanu Reeves and Matt Kindt that had a long-in-development film adaptation deliberate, has lastly discovered a director set to deal with the venture, based on The Hollywood Reporter.
Who’s directing BRZRKR?
Justin Lin, the director behind a number of Quick & Livid entries, in addition to 2016’s Star Trek Past and the upcoming drama Final Days, will direct the comedian adaptation for Netflix, based on THR’s report.
Reeves — who beforehand gave himself a 33% chance to direct the movie himself — will star within the film, and also will produce the movie, alongside Stephen Christy for Growth! Studios, Stepehen Hamel for Firm Movies, Ross Richie, and Justin Lin, the latter of whom will produce by way of his Excellent Storm banner.
The most recent recognized details about the film is that Mattson Tomlin (who co-wrote the upcoming The Batman Half II) wrote the script for the film, which is described as a “brutally epic saga about an immortal warrior’s 80,000 yr combat by means of the ages. The person recognized solely as ‘B’ is half-mortal and half-god, cursed and compelled to violence, even on the sacrifice of his sanity. However after wandering the earth for hundreds of years, B could have lastly discovered a refuge — working for the U.S. authorities to combat the battles too violent and too harmful for anybody else. In alternate, B can be granted the one factor he needs — the reality about his infinite blood-soaked existence … and tips on how to finish it.”
The unique comedian was created by Reeves and Kindt in 2021, and tells the story of an immortal warrior, often known as Berzerker, who fights his method by means of completely different time intervals. Working as a 12-issue restricted sequence starting in March 2021, the e-book was initially funded by way of Kickstarter, incomes greater than $1.4 million on the crowdfunding website.
Since its launch, varied variations of the venture have been introduced, together with the Netflix movie and a two-season anime adaptation that Manufacturing I.G will produce. No official launch dates for both venture have been introduced as of now.
In 2024, a novel based mostly on the comics, titled The Guide of Elsewhere and written by China Miéville and Reeves, turned a New York Instances best-seller.
