Variety has reported that Freemantle, who had previously has deepened its deal with AWA Studios, becoming a minority stakeholder in the comic company. In the article, it is revealed that Devil’s Highway is in production.
The characters and concepts first appear in Devil’s Highway #1 (copies are still available at Mycomicshop
From Variety.com
The two companies have revealed that the first project on the joint development slate after Fremantle taking a stake in AWA is “Devil’s Highway,” a thriller based on the comic series by Benjamin Percy and Brent Schoonover in which a young woman seeks to unravel a sinister mystery hidden in the dark underbelly of the long-haul trucking industry.
The story goes on further with titles we already knew were optioned:
Projects in the works at AWA Studios include feature film adaptations of “Chariot” by Bryan Edward Hill and Priscilla Petraites, which Warner Bros. acquired in competitive bidding; “Marjorie Finnegan: Temporal Criminal” by Garth Ennis and Goran Sudzuka, which Ruben Fleischer will direct; and “Hotell” by John Lees and Dalibor Talajic, to be directed by Elle Callahan.
