
Hollywood Reporter says that ABC Family is close to green-lighting a pilot based on Javier Grillo-Marxuach's 'Middleman' comic from Viper Comics.
Based on Grillo-Marxuach's graphic novels for Viper Comics, which were illustrated by Les McClaine, "Middleman" centers on a twentysomething struggling artist recruited by a secret agency to fight comic book-type villains.
It's been a passion project for Grillo-Marxuach, who penned the script for the light drama as a spec.
ABC Family has closed a deal with Grillo-Marxuach to executive produce "Middleman" with a formal pilot order pending, subject to a budget agreement.