‘Fast and Furious’ Producer to Adapt Comic ‘Talent’ for Film (Exclusive) 

It was created and written by Christopher Golden (Baltimore) and Tom Sniegoski (Fallen) and illustrated by Paul Azaceta (Outcast).

Producing with Moritz will be Original’s Toby Jaffe. Boom! CEO and founder Ross Richie and president of development Stephen Christy are producing for Boom! The latter’s vp Adam Yoelin is executive producing.

Boom! has a first-look deal with Fox, but Talent is the first project to find a home outside that relationship. Moritz has a first-look deal with Sony where he produces movies such as the 21 Jump Street films, among others, so Talent could eventually land there.

The activity on Talent also shows how Boom! continues to mine its deep catalog as the title, as well as Mouse Guard and Irredeemable, both of which are in development at Fox, are comics that were first published over five years ago. That goes against industry norms, where rights to comics and books tend to be acquired even before they arepublished.

Boom! is in post on The Empty Man, the adaptation of its supernatural thriller comic that stars James Badge Dale.

Moritz is coming off of Passengers, the sci-fi movie that starred Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence, and is a producer on The Fate of the Furious, the latest Fast & Furious installment, which hits screens April 14.