DerekOfTheDykes
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WARNING: Youtube description is MAYBE a bit too descriptive, though it doesn't drop any hard spoilers. Your mileage may vary.
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For those unfamiliar, I Kill Giants was an incredible little graphic novel written by Joe Kelly (who most comic fans will remember as the writer of Deadpool's original ongoing, and is for all intents and purposes the real creator of the character as he is remembered in pop culture). The graphic novel itself is ostensibly about nerdy young outsider Barbara Thorson's training and preparations to slay the giants that secretly infest her hometown, but is ultimately a story about escapism and personal loss.
The film was announced as barely more than a footnote back in 2015, and principal photography quietly began last year, but this is the first anyone has really seen of the film aside from a few production stills released equally quietly a few months ago. No major production studio is attached, and it is director Anders Walter's first full-length feature film, but Joe Kelly himself is credited as writing the screenplay.
I don't know if any of you have read the graphic novel itself, but it will always hold a dear place in my heart (for extremely spoilerish reasons). I strongly advise anyone curious to check it out and go in as blind as possible. The artwork (by J M Ken Niimura) is a joy, and it's a reasonably quick read.
No word on any release date for the film, but hopefully the relative silence doesn't translate into a lack of quality.
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For those unfamiliar, I Kill Giants was an incredible little graphic novel written by Joe Kelly (who most comic fans will remember as the writer of Deadpool's original ongoing, and is for all intents and purposes the real creator of the character as he is remembered in pop culture). The graphic novel itself is ostensibly about nerdy young outsider Barbara Thorson's training and preparations to slay the giants that secretly infest her hometown, but is ultimately a story about escapism and personal loss.
The film was announced as barely more than a footnote back in 2015, and principal photography quietly began last year, but this is the first anyone has really seen of the film aside from a few production stills released equally quietly a few months ago. No major production studio is attached, and it is director Anders Walter's first full-length feature film, but Joe Kelly himself is credited as writing the screenplay.
I don't know if any of you have read the graphic novel itself, but it will always hold a dear place in my heart (for extremely spoilerish reasons). I strongly advise anyone curious to check it out and go in as blind as possible. The artwork (by J M Ken Niimura) is a joy, and it's a reasonably quick read.
No word on any release date for the film, but hopefully the relative silence doesn't translate into a lack of quality.
