QuelleLast Man Standing Slays Paramount
Heavy Metal's Comic-Con sensation headed for Hollywood.
Heavy Metal's forthcoming publication Last Man Standing: Killbook of a Bounty Hunter, which created a sensation at last month's San Diego Comic-Con, is set to receive the big screen treatment.
According to both The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline, Paramount has won the rights to LMS after a bidding war. LMS creator Daniel LuVisi will produce with Scott Aversano. Exec producers are Peter Levin Russell Binder and Stephan Lokotsch.
Heavy Metal describes the coffee table book, due out later this month or in early September, as a precursor to the company's forthcoming graphic novel series: "It is a character bible and prologue book that introduces you to Gabriel, the hero of our story, as he personally unravels to his audience the intricacies of his world, set in a time-transcending and parallel universe that is inhabited by a roster of colorful and deadly characters. Join Gabriel in his quest for revenge and the journey he will embark on by traveling through more than 200 pages of history, character art, bios, and other forms of pleasure and pain."
Anbei noch eine Inhaltsangabe, geschrieben aus der Sicht von Protagonist Gabriel, und ein Graphic Book Preview:
To Whom it May Concern,
My name is Gabriel and I’m going to take you on a little adventure through my life. I must warn you though, it’s not for the faint of heart or stomach, for that matter. There will be laughing, crying, sex, violence, robots, ninjas, burlesque girls, body builder sharks and shit you wouldn’t fathom.
Now, where to begin?
I used to work for a company called ARMTECH or A.W.O. (Armtech Weapons Organization). It’s basically a ‘big brother’ type of company that focuses on keeping our country, that being Amerika, safe. Or under their thumb some might say. They began as a company based on morals and ethics. Citizens of Amerika came first on their list of protection. They solved our problems and fought one hell of a fight if anyone threatened them. They were the side you wanted to be on, and once you vowed your loyalty you weren’t going anywhere. I worked for them because I was made by them. I was created to be the world’s first “superhero” or what ARMTECH calls, a PALADIN, a soldier with the talent of 500 soldiers.
Before you start getting excited, I can’t fly. I don’t have x-ray vision or claws and I wasn’t bitten by any insects. I can’t regenerate and as much as I’d love to be, I’m not a multi-billionaire with a fascination for winged mammals. What I can do is kick ass and take a whole lot of ass kicking. I was created to be a walking army, a bruiser. When our boys in the forces were too afraid to go into the most dangerous of war-zones, they’d call me in to patch things up. There used to be a lot of us, but now I’m the last one surviving. I’m still human, at least I think I am. I do all the things that you do: eat, shit, sleep and fuck.
Things were amazing for me in the beginning. ARMTECH loved me, the people admired me and the criminals, rightfully, despised me. I did what needed to be done; I kept the streets clean and our country safe.
Until one very unfortunate day when everything took an unexpected turn…
Let’s stop right there. I don’t want to spoil everything, so I’ll leave the rest open to your lovely imagination. Hell, some pretentious asshole will eventually write a book explaining everything I did one of these days.
Please, feel free to go and explore some of my flings, my friends and my enemies. Get to know them, they may not all be here one day…
I promise you, it’s going to be one hell of a ride.
Yours truly,
GABRIEL
Comic Preview:
Wenn der Film so wird, wie sich der Inhalt anhört bzw. das Preview aussieht, dann wird er GROß! Kling nach einer dreckigen Sci-Fi-Geschichte, ganz nach meinem Geschmack.


