Universal Pictures options comic THE LEADING MAN

By: Karl Schneider
Date: Thursday, August 03, 2006
Source: Hollywood Reporter

Universal Pictures has optioned the rights to the comic book THE LEADING MAN from Oni Press.

The comic follows the adventures of the world's biggest movie star, Nick Walter. Walter uses his celebrity, access, lifestyle and his films' international location shoots as a cover for his real job, that of an international spy.

The comic, published on July 13, is written by B. Clay Moore and illustrated by Jeremy Haun.

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Comments/Responses

almostunbiased • Aug 03, 2006, 07:31am •

Sounds familiar, and interesting.

• Aug 03, 2006, 09:22am •

Sounds familiar because 'I Spy' followed spies who passed as a professional tennis player and his trainer. That was the tv show. Which was a good show.

The movie was a spy getting up with a professional boxer, and the boxer being just a boxer who now has to become a spy. Terrible.

thelastonelives • Aug 03, 2006, 09:50am •

I will only see it if it stars either

A. THE ROCK
or
B. JASON STATHAM

• Aug 03, 2006, 09:54am •

The movie "I SPY" started to fall apart when Wilson and Murphy became buddies. Up until then it was tolerable.

cinemaman12 • Aug 03, 2006, 10:43am •

'I spy' sucked. Jlike Both 'Charlies Angles' sucked (well everything in Part II sucked except Demi scantily clad!!!) just like 'Starksy and Hutch' sucked. I didn't undestand taking these shows and putting a heavy handed comic twist on them. They were all iritating and showed that the makers of the films had no respect for the original source material.

thelastonelives • Aug 03, 2006, 10:53am •

Right on Cinemaman, Amen!!!

thelastonelives • Aug 03, 2006, 02:47pm •

It was truly sad to see Starsky, played up as a fool and not a bad-a$$!

almostunbiased • Aug 03, 2006, 06:04pm •

I do remember Starsky and Hutch being funny though.

I'll never forget when he yelled, "if you're dead I'll kill you." That line made me laugh so hard. I loved that show.

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