Lionsgate snaps up the PENCILNECK
Very stylised black and white Indie comic series picked up for adaptation.
The crime/thriller Indie comic book series Pencilneck has been bought by Lionsgate with Chris Bender (American Pie) and J.C. Spink (A History of Violence) setup to produce at their Benderspink shingle say Variety.
"Pencilneck" centers on a mild-mannered banker who, in order to save his criminal brother, is forced by the mob to help them rob his employer. When the heist goes awry and the banker is taken hostage, he snaps and goes on a rampage.That's the same production guys who are behind the Y: The Last Man adaptation at the now Warner's run New Line Cinema. I haven't read this series but it sounds pretty cool and from the stills below I would love to see this adapted into a very stylised black and white movie...
