Warner Bros. pick up BONE

I've never read Bone, but it consistently ranks among comic readers as one of the best traded series out there, and since it's debut in the graphic novel form in 2005 (the series ran monthly between 1994 and 2004) it has sold over 1 million copies and is claimed to be the longest running self-published Independent comic series in history. Written by Jeff Smith, the ten time Eisner Award winning comic was pretty much inevitable as potential film fodder. During the late 90's, Nickelodeon Films attempted to transform the series but Smith nipped it in the bud when a children's adaptation featuring songs by artists such as Britney Spears and N Sync was revealed as their true intent. Now Warner Brothers, the studio who seem the most aggressive in picking up graphic novels these days have picked up the rights...

The fantasy series followed three cousins from the Bone family who are small, white and bald human-like creatures with big noses. The trio are run out of their hometown and find themselves in a mysterious valley where they are separated and hunted by other creatures. They are taken in by a girl named Thorn and her grandmother, and find out that the valley is threatened by an evil force called the Lord of the Locusts.

Warner Bros. execs are expected to meet soon to decide on whether the project should be live-action or animated but personally I think that question is self-explanatory when you see the image above. For this to be 100% faithful, it pretty much has to be animated. Anyone read the series? I'm guessing by the sounds of it, the novel can't just be for kids when it's sold so much and is constantly so popular and critically acclaimed. source - the hollywood reporter