
Naoki Urasawa's "20th Century Boys" manga is to be adapted into a live-action movie with a 2008 release. The story will revolve around a "Book of Revelations" written by the boy Kenji and his friends, who dreamed of a hero who would stand up to an evil organization bent on destroying the world, during the era of rapid economic development in Japan, 30 years later, a series of catastrophes occur exactly as they were described in the book, setting the world off on the path to extinction.