Thursday, 7 August 2008

Universal picks up rights to '2 Guns'

Graphic novel comes via Boom! Studios




Universal has laden up "2 Guns," picking up the rights to the graphical novel from Boom! Studios. Marc Platt will bring forth the crime thriller via his Marc Platt Prods. banner along with Boom! co-founders Andrew Cosby and Ross Richie. It's the third time the parties are teaming up.

"Guns," written by Steven Grant with artistic production by Mat Santolouco, follows a DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer world Health Organization are inadvertently investigating each other and who steal mob money for the good guys. They realize later that the rabble actually got them to steal $50 million from the CIA.

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