
Dimension Films has acquired movie rights to "O.C.T.: Occult Crimes Taskforce," an Image Comics series that launched in July.Dimension is crafting the project as a star vehicle for Rosario Dawson. She co-created and co-writes "O.C.T.," whose protag is an animated version of her. Dawson will produce as well. She'll play a Gotham police detective who, after stumbling upon a gruesome and bizarre crime scene, is enlisted for a covert squad that uses black arts and mystical weaponry to hunt down and kill soul-sucking ghouls.Dawson created the comic with David Atchison and Tony Shasteen, writing episodes with Atchison while Shasteen illustrates them. Atchison and Shasteen will be co-producers on the pic.Vasquez will be associate producer and Ford Lytle Gilmore is exec producer on "O.C.T."