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After DC comics and Marvel created characters that became household names in the 40s and 50s, now it's the turn of graphic novels.
Mark Millar's Wanted is already here and Alan Moore's seminal work, The Watchmen, is already one of 2009's most anticipated releases. Now if everything goes well, a hitman in search of redemption and a high-school kid with superhero ambitions will skid off the pages of graphic novels and on to the silver screen in the distant future.
Billy Smoke, a graphic novel written by B Clay Moore will be made into a movie by Warner Bros. Mathew Fox (Lost, Vantage Point) has already been signed on in the title role of a hitman whose only shot at salvation is to rid the world of assassins.
Also finding its way into celluloid is Mark Millar's critically acclaimed new series, Kick-Ass about a New York City high school student who is inspired by his comic books to become a real-life superhero. The film will star Brit export Aaron Johnson and Christopher Mintz-Plasse (McLovin in Superbad).
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