{"id":6495,"date":"2009-09-22T09:18:41","date_gmt":"2009-09-22T15:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=6495"},"modified":"2009-09-22T20:41:12","modified_gmt":"2009-09-23T02:41:12","slug":"hong-kongs-%e2%80%98devashard-graphic-novel-set-for-the-big-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=6495","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong&#8217;s &#8220;DevaShard&#8221; Graphic Novel Set for the Big Screen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6512\" title=\"vanouish\" src=\"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/vanouish.jpg\" alt=\"Vanouish\" width=\"300\" height=\"99\" \/><\/p>\n<p>from <a href=\"mailto:publicity@vanquishmotionpictures.com\">Vanouish Motion Pictures<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>The highly anticipated fantasy\/epic graphic novel series <a href=\"http:\/\/devashard.com\/\"><em>DevaShard<\/em><\/a> is slicing its way to the silver screen.<\/p>\n<p>Vanquish Motion Pictures and its toppers Jay Douglas and Nav Gupta won out a long and fierce bidding war that ignited after Hong Kong-based Fluid Comics debuted the novel at <a href=\"http:\/\/comic-con.org\/\">San Diego&#8217;s Comic-Con<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Moving quickly on the property, Douglas and Gupta will produce and co-write the script with pen pal Heather Kenealy, from a screen treatment by Kevin Grevioux, co-creator of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001VLFE76?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=ube06-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001VLFE76\"><em>Underworld<\/em><\/a> franchise, who has just been tapped to adapt the 25 issue book, as well as executive produce.<\/p>\n<p>The epic tale of <em>DevaShard<\/em>, inspired by Asian mythology and crafted by Fluid Comic&#8217;s Zen, Keith Burns and Johnny Tam, centers on two forsaken sons, one born of darkness, the other of light, struggling to find their place in a grim world riddled with corrupt kingdoms, cursed demons and terrifying magic. The <em>DevaShard<\/em> series is published by Fluid Comics seniors Simon Squibb and Helen Griffiths and has been met with rave reviews since its Asia release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The densely diverse world and characters which <em>DevaShard<\/em> possesses is just too damn cool not to be seen on screen,&#8221; said Douglas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Not only is the cover art by Frank Cho and Simon Bisley amazing, but the book&#8217;s stylized visuals and east-meets-west flare are seriously insane,&#8221; Gupta added.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Douglas and Gupta are also producing the globe-trotting video game adventure franchise <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Furl%3Dsearch-alias%253Daps%26field-keywords%3Dbroken%2Bsword%26x%3D11%26y%3D16&amp;tag=ube06-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325\"><em>Broken Sword<\/em><\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/radarpictures.com\/\">Radar Pictures<\/a> while Grevioux is hot off setting up his own comic book creations, <em>The Pale Horseman<\/em> and <em>I, Frankenstein<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Vanouish Motion Pictures: The highly anticipated fantasy\/epic graphic novel series DevaShard is slicing its way to the silver screen. Vanquish Motion Pictures and its toppers Jay Douglas and Nav Gupta won out a long and fierce bidding war that ignited after Hong Kong-based Fluid Comics debuted the novel at San Diego&#8217;s Comic-Con. Moving quickly &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=6495\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Hong Kong&#8217;s &#8220;DevaShard&#8221; Graphic Novel Set for the Big Screen&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,5,22,7,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6495","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-arts-culture","category-books-writing","category-comics","category-films","category-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6495","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6495"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6495\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6495"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6495"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6495"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}