Mayday! Black Mask and Imperative Working on TV Adaptation of Curt Pires’ New Comic
Imperative Entertainment, the company run by “Heroes” creator Tim Kring as well as Dan Friedkin, Farrelly Brothers producer Bradley Thomas, and Zak Kadison, is joining forces with Black Mask Studios for a scripted TV adaptation of Mayday, the new comic from red-hot writer Curt Pires (Pop, Theremin) and breakout artist Chris Peterson (Grindhouse, upcoming Broken World), which Black Mask co-founders Matt Pizzolo and Brett Gurewitz will executive produce alongside Imperative.
The intent is to adapt the material for a scripted television series.
The potential “Mayday” series marks Black Mask’s latest foray into TV, joining the adaptations of Steve Niles and Christopher Mittens’ “The Disciples,” in development with Wes Craven at Universal Cable Productions, and Frank Barbiere and Chris Mooneyham’s “Five Ghosts,” in development with UCP and BenderSpink at Syfy with Evan Daugherty (Snow White and the Huntsman) writing the pilot.
Imperative and Black Mask are currently out to writers for “Mayday.” Imperative sees the show as a perfect fit for its multi-platform business model, which includes the ability to finance the series, feature films, book series, and video games.
Issue #1 of the Mayday comic hit stores on April 29, 2015. It’s currently sold out at Diamond Distribution but still available at some retailers. If your local comic shop is sold out, ask them to back-order it using Diamond order code JAN151091.
Synopsis:
Mayday lives in the underbelly of the Hollywood scene, where a washed-up, drug-addicted screenwriter and a transgender bartender stumble onto a Satanic cult’s plan to sacrifice people all across LA and bring on Armageddon. As our damaged heroes embark on a suicide mission to stop the crazy cultists, they begin to wonder if this is all really happening or if they’re just plain crazy… Probably both.
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