“Julius” elected for big-screen adaptation
Hollywood Newsroom is now Buzz Newsroom! Visit and bookmark our new site. Buzz is bigger and better, including sports, world news, gadgets and the entertainment news that you're used to. Same staff, just more stuff! Why Fark, Drudge and Huffington when you can Buzz!?Mandalay Pictures has picked up the film rights to the graphic novel “Julius,” a modern re-imagining of Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar.”
The Oni Press novel, written by Antony Johnston and illustrated by Brett Weldele, follows Julius, a London crime king who is beloved like royalty by the public. His generals, however, conspire against him.
- from Reuters