Gerard Butler Set to Star in Film Adaptation of Red 5 Comic Afterburn

Afterburn, the 2008 comic series from Red 5 Comics, is set to be a movie staring Gerard Butler and directed by Jung Byung-gil.
Copies of Afterburn #1 are cheap on eBay, and you can find sets priced for around $10 or less. Copies of Afterburn #1 can be bought off Amazon for $2.50.
Deadline had the exclusive on the story:

Original Film, G-BASE and Endurance Media are setting action director Jung Byung-gil to helm the Gerard Butler-starrer Afterburn. The film is eyeing a late summer production start from a script by Matt Johnson (Into The Blue). Jung made a splash at last Cannes with The Villainess, and before that Confession of a Murder, which was recently remade into the Japanese-language hit Memoirs of a Murderer.
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Neal Moritz and Toby Jaffe are producing through Original Film, Alan Siegel and Butler through G-BASE, and Steve Richards through Endurance Media. Steve Barnett and James Tomlinson are executive producers. Jung’s partner, Lewis Taewan Kim (Okja), is also producing. Endurance Media is financing. Christian Mercuri at Capstone Group will be handling international sales at the upcoming European Film Market in Berlin as well as executive producing and co-financing the project.
The film has long been a passion for Butler, and the hope is to launch a new franchise. Based on the Red 5 comic, Afterburn is a futuristic action adventure. Five years after a solar flare disrupts all technology in Europe, a treasure hunter (Butler) goes to France to retrieve the Mona Lisa. Paired with a strong willed weapons expert with her own agenda, the two search for the famed painting and encounter unexpected enemies along the way. They are eyeing future story lines where the character searches for such treasures as England’s Crown Jewels, the Star of India, or China’s Imperial Treasures.
Butler currently stars in Den of Thieves and is about to start shooting the third installment of the Olympus Has Fallen franchise, this one titled Angel Has Fallen. Butler, who’s repped by CAA and Alan Siegel Entertainment, recently wrapped Hunter Killer and Keepers.
ICM Partners reps Jung.

 

4 thoughts on “Gerard Butler Set to Star in Film Adaptation of Red 5 Comic Afterburn”

  1. Youch. Someone got the copy in my ebay cart. I think i snagged the last one offa my comic shop tho

  2. I wouldn’t go crazy buying copies. There’s so many indie comics that get optioned but that’s as far as it goes.
    It’s cool that there’s an actor attached but still not a guarantee.

  3. Amazon still has a few for sale….They start at $4 and go up from there. I picked up one for the pc. Have to agree with Marvel Zombie. Soooo many indie books get optioned and never go anywhere. If you find these cheap such as at a local shop and can sell them right away cool, but if you have to wait to get your copies don’t go nuts. This might cool off before they get delivered.

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