8 Exciting Upcoming Comic Book Movies You Need To Know About (That Aren’t Marvel Or DC)

7. Shadowman

shadowman valiant comics
Valiant Comics

The Comic: Valiant's Shadowman made his debut in 1992, written by Jim Shooter and Steve Englehart. He's actually one of the most popular non-Marvel/DC characters out there, and has sold millions and millions of copies to date.

Shadowman is Jack Boniface, a jazz musician who wakes up one morning with a strange mark on his neck, and later discovers he possesses powers like increased strength, agility and speed. Oh, and he can also glide, and he has night vision. Talk about OP.

The Movie: In 2017, Reginald Hudlin (producer of Django Unchained) was hired to write and direct Shadowman, with the aforementioned Straczynski onboard as an executive producer. Earlier this year, Valiant reaffirmed the movie was still on the docket, so it's likely that Shadowman is quietly chugging along behind-the-scenes.

This could be a dark, modestly-budgeted adaptation in the vein of Warner Bros.' upcoming Joker standalone (or Logan), so hopefully all goes smoothly and we see it within the next couple of years.

Contributor
Contributor

Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. In 2022, he took charge of WhoCulture and has grown it into the biggest Doctor Who channel on YouTube, and one of the biggest Doctor Who communities on the web full-stop. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!