Well, that was quick. The new vertigo book, Unfollow #1, has already been optioned for an ABC TV show.
We had it as a pick of the week, as the number 1 pick on the Look ahead to November, and as one of Agent Poyo’s Picks of the week.
The broadcast network, already home to Marvel TV, is adapting Vertigo comic book Unfollow, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.
Written and executive produced by The Originals showrunner Michael Narducci, the drama — which has received a script commitment from the network — hails from Warner Bros. Television. The drama explores what happens when a secretive billionaire makes a global announcement — via the social media platform he invented — that he is terminally ill and has decided to bestow his entire fortune to a seemingly random sample of 140 people from around the world. When one of them turns up dead, the others realize that they are all suspects — and the next potential victim.
The comic, published in November by DC Entertainment imprint Vertigo, is written and created by Rob Williams and Michael Dowling and features a cast of characters including a young black man trying to get by in St. Louis; an Iranian reporter in need of hope; a retired special forces soldier with an odd sense of purpose; and a thrill-seeking heiress.
Unfollow #1 has sold out at all the usual internet shops, but you can still found them possibly at your LCS. Copies are selling for $9.99
on eBay.
Wow that was quick. Really cool premise and loads of promise. I hope it can deliver long term.
I have yet to read mine.. must read it soon.
Read it.. it’s good.
If this actually goes to air do you think the vertigo preview issue will have any value?
Yes just look at what the other Vertigo Previews did with Preacher and other books Sandman for example
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Thanks for the info.
Just picked up one today from one of my shops. They still had a couple on the shelf may get another when I go back.
Found the last copy on the shelf today at the third comic shop I hit. All the rest were sold out.