i09 is reporting that The Red Star could be heading to TV. Originally it was optioned as a movie but the rights have lapsed.
From i09
Christian Gossett’s The Red Star remains one of the most unusual comics of the past decade or so — an alternate history of the U.S.S.R. that mixes futuristic technology and sorcery. This sprawling saga was going to be a movie directed by Josh Trank — but now sources tell io9 it’s in development for television instead. According to inside sources, Warner Bros. has lost the movie rights to The Red Star, which The Chronicle director Josh Trank was attached to direct.
Instead, the rights have moved to writing/producing duo Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz, who co-wrote Thor and X-Men: First Class and worked on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Sources tell us that Miller and Stentz are planning a TV adaptation instead of a movie. Original Film, which was producing the film version, is still involved. They’re hoping to sell Red Star to a premium cable network.
Copies of Image Comics Red Star #1 can be found very cheap on eBay.
picked up a few #1’s (regular) below cover price and issues 2-9 (x2) for a little over a buck each…I think I only spent about $30+ for two full sets plus a couple extra #1’s…just in case this goes somewhere.
Good buys. I have a set somewhere in storage. I loved the book when it first came out. i really need to get to my storage and go through books for ones i have been posting about.