class=”alignleft size-full wp-image-34933″ title=”Mage” src=”https://www.heyuguys.com/images/2010/08/Mage.jpg” alt=”” width=”181″ height=”278″ />Lloyd Levin, who produced Watchmen and the Hellboy movies, has acquired the rights to Matt Wagner’s comic book, Mage.
Centring on Kevin Matchstick, an alienated young man who discovers he has superhuman abilities, the story sees him gain a magic baseball bat (I double checked) and use it to defeat the nefarious plans of an entity called Umbra Spike.
Telling Variety “It has always been a favourite book of mine”, Levin will produce with Andrew Cosby, financing development and production of Mage himself.
Comprising a 15-book arc titled ‘The Hero Discovered’, the rights were previously owned by Spyglass, with Zack Snyder in line to direct.
