Fede Alvarez To Helm Noir Superhero Film Incognito

[Akijama]

http://theplaylist.net/dont-breathe-...nito-20161012/

Meanwhile, hot off the smash success of the gripping one-location thriller Don’t Breathe, director Fede Alvarez‘s next project, Incognito, has added a new member to the team. According to THR, scribe Daniel Casey (upcoming sci-fi thriller Kin) has signed on to pen a script based on the comic book of the same name by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. Alvarez is set to direct the thriller as his third feature — on the heels of his debut, Evil DIf it wasn’t quite clear what Sam Raimi saw in Fede Alvarez after the “Evil Dead” remake a couple of years back, it was suddenly quite apparent in this summer’s sleeper horror hit “Don’t Breathe.” The low-budget, mostly single-location thriller chalked up great reviews and an impressive $140 million worldwide, all on a budget of less than $10 million. You can bet Sony and their Screen Gems shingle were absolutely thrilled, and it’s not a surprise that studio is ready to hand Alvarez the keys to something a little bit bigger.


THR reports that Alvarez has signed up to direct the adaptation of the limited Icon Comics series “Incognito.” Written by Ed Brubaker with art by Sean Phillips, the noir comic tells the story of a super-villain who’s in witness protection. Taking drugs to keep his powers at bay, he soon tires of living a regular life, and starts to look for a way out. Here’s the synopsis of the first issue:

What if you were an ex-super villain hiding out in Witness Protection… but all you could think about were the days when the rules didn’t apply to you? Could you stand the toil of an average life after years of leaving destruction in your wake? And what if you couldn’t stand it? What would you do then?

Daniel Casey, who did work on “10 Cloverfield Lane,” is writing the script, and this sounds like pretty nifty concept. Whether or not this is Alvarez’s next project remains to be seen, but he’s likely getting all kinds of scripts thrown on his desk at the moment.

[Foggy]

Looking forward to seeing Alvarez to tackle something bigger and this sound pretty cool and different. We'all see what comes.

[dcfan88]

I remember Alvarez mentioned turning down an MCU movie but wanting to do a comic book movie so glad Alvarez will be able to do a CBM after all

[TommySyk]

Wasn't he supposed to do an adaptation of Dante's Inferno at some point?

Well, this sounds pretty interesting anyways. Alvarez is two for two at the moment for me, so I'm excited to see what he does with this