WES CRAVEN & STEVE NILES PARTNER ON NEW LIQUID COMICS PROJECT "COMING OF RAGE"
~ Prolific filmmaker of ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ & ‘Scream’ partners with the
creator of ‘30 Days of Night’ to Launch His First Graphic Novel ~
NEW
YORK, NY— July 31, 2012 – Liquid Comics announced today a new graphic
novel in production, “Coming of Rage,” created by legendary filmmaker
Wes Craven (Scream, The Hills Have Eyes, Nightmare on Elm Street) and written by acclaimed graphic novelist, Steve Niles (30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre, Wake the Dead).
"I'm
thrilled to be working with Steve Niles, since I've admired his work
for so long. And the concept behind ‘Coming of Rage’ is one I've been
dying to explore. Steve has raised it to a whole new level with his
script, and the folks at Liquid Comic are now bringing it to life with
their incredible artwork. I can't wait for you all to see and read it!”commented Craven.
“Wes
Craven is not only a great writer, producer and director, he is one of
the most knowledgeable people I've had the honor to work with. I not
only had fun working on ‘Coming of Rage,’ I also learned a great deal," added Niles.
Details
on Craven’s story have not yet been released and Liquid plans to launch
the project as a five issue comic-book series and subsequent collected
graphic novel, starting early next year. In addition to print, Liquid
will launch a number of digital initiatives allowing Craven’s fans to
experience his graphic novel story across a variety of platforms
including online or through their iPad, iPhone and other mobile and
gaming devices.
Producer Arnold Rifkin of Cheyenne Enterprises (Hostage, 16 Blocks, Live Free or Die Hard)
and Liquid Comics Co-Founder & CEO, Sharad Devarajan are working
with Craven on developing a feature film adaptation of the graphic
novel.
“Wes
Craven and Steve Niles are masters of the horror genre. The opportunity
to bring them together for Wes’s first graphic novel project is my
fanboy dream come true,” added Devarajan. “Each
of them alone has terrified audiences for decades, so we can only
imagine what horrors await as they finally team-up on ‘Coming of
Rage.’”
ABOUT LIQUID COMICS:
Liquid
Comics is a digital entertainment company focused on creating cinematic
and mythic graphic novel stories with filmmakers, creators and
storytellers. The company was founded by entrepreneurs, Sharad Devarajan, Gotham Chopra and Suresh Seetharaman and uses
the medium of digital graphic novel publishing to develop properties
for theatrical live-action films, animation and video games. Liquid has
created and is creating original graphic novels with acclaimed
filmmakers and talents including John Woo, Guy Ritchie,
Grant Morrison, Shekhar Kapur, Deepak Chopra, Dave Stewart, Marc
Guggenheim, Marcus Nispel, Jonathan Mostow, Edward Burns, Nicolas Cage,
John Moore, Wes Craven, Barry Sonnenfeld and others. The Company currently has a number of film and television projects in development based on their properties.
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