Queen & Country (Comic)

[Lord_Stewie]

Hey,

By far we have seen James Bond run havoc, Jason Bourne causes Devastations to his enemies. Now Queen and Country seems to be the next spy flick except this time around its a female version of the above two.

Queen and Country

Some Wikipedia:

An American comic book published by Oni Press and written by Greg Rucka with various artists illustrating.
It was inspired by the British ITV television series The Sandbaggers (1978-1980), which was created and primarily written by Ian Mackintosh. Mackintosh is heavily praised in an essay by Rucka in Issue #1 of Queen & Country.

About the Film:

Fox hired Ryan Condal to write a version of the book into a movie that could lead into a franchise.

comic books don’t all have to be about guys with underwear worn on the outside of their tights. Greg Rucka’s comic series “Queen and Country” is an example of that, as well as his “Whiteout”. And just like “Whiteout”, which is coming to you courtesy of Warner Bros. and starring Kate Beckinsale, Rucka’s spy series “Queen and Country” is also heading to theaters courtesy of FOX.
THR reports that FOX has hired scribe Ryan Condal to translate Rucka’s comic book series about a female British spy (a female version of Jason Bourne, so goes the pitch) into a movie that can spawn a franchise. The article also mentions that at one point Nicole Kidman was attached to play the lead, Tara Chace, though after reading up on the character, that seems highly unlikely at this point.
Here’s more about the comic book series from Greg Rucka’s official site:
An espionage drama, and ongoing series, set in the fictional British Secret Intelligence Service, focusing on a squad of three Special Operations Officers, codenamed “Minders”, and in particular, focusing on the life of Minder Two (later to become Minder One), a woman named Tara Chace.
I’ve never even heard of “Queen and Country”, but then again, it’s not like I read every comic book that comes out. This definitely sounds like it has the makings of a good franchise, even though I wish people would stop comparing every single upcoming action movie as being the “next Bourne”. Really, it’s getting annoying.

Enjoy.

[GreenScar]

UP-AND-COMING screenwriter Ryan Condal has been hired by Fox to adapt the espionage comic book Queen & Country into a movie.

The award-winning American comic book is written by Greg Rucka and published by Oni Press. It details the fictional but ultra-realistic exploits of a branch of Britain's secret service - the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) - and focuses on operative Tara Chace, with Nicole Kidman (pictured right) linked to that role at one time.

The Hollywood Reporter says the film centres on Chace being on the run after carrying out a high-level assassination in Eastern Europe and is intended to be a female version of The Bourne Identity.

An earlier draft of the long-developing project had been penned by John Moore. An action movie franchise is envisaged by the studio.

Condal came to attention with his unproduced screenplay Galahad, a retelling of the Arthurian legend. He is also to write Hercules, the Universal/Spyglass film about the ancient hero that Pete Berg is producing and possibly directing.

Can this be good? I would rather it not be with Nicole Kidman (that's just me)