The Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision: Mandeville, Top Cow to Adapt Silvestri's 'Crosshair'

Top Cow comic "Crosshair" has been targeted for feature film treatment.

Mandeville Films partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman, best known for producing the romantic comedy "The Proposal," have teamed up with Top Cow to produce "Crosshair." The duo also has comic book adaptations "Earp: Saint for Sinners" and "Alibi" in the works.

Mandeville execs, in Comic-Con for the unveiling of Radical Publishing’s "Earp," closed the deal over the weekend after furious negotiations.

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Source: The Hollywood Reporter

IGN: Top Cow in the Crosshairs

At the Top Cow panel at Comic-Con this weekend, the comics label's reps revealed that they'd just made a new movie deal during the convention.

Crosshair, which was created by Marc Silvestri, written by Jeff Katz, and illustrated by Silverstri and Allan Jefferson, will be turned into a film by Mandeville Films. Top Cow and Mandeville have previously teamed on adapting Alibi, which was announced at last year's con.

"We already sold this as a film," revealed Top Cow's president Matt Hawkins at his company's panel. "This is a major announcement for us. That's never really happened where we've literally [come here] with something this early in development and have these guys jump on it."

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Source: IGN

I Spy Top Cow's 'Alibi' Being Made Into a Movie

All eyes may be on Marvel and DC when it comes to the superhero franchises, but the smaller publishers have just as many (if not more) on the pre-production plate. Radical, Image, Dark Horse, and Top Cow all have a steady stream of options, though you never know just what will really make it onto the big screen.

Alibi stands a good chance though, if only because it's already being touted as the next Wanted by Variety. Top Cow and Mandeville Films are teaming up to bring Joshua Hale Fialkov's series to the big screen. It's another one of those assassin thrillers that seem to be so popular with the producers these days. Alibi centers on a pair of twin brothers, one of whom is a well-known socialite, and the other who is an assassin. They both live and work under the same identity of John Stephens and whenever a high-ranking official is assassinated overseas, Stephens magically has a ritzy alibi to explain his whereabouts. (Somewhere, Bruce Wayne is kicking himself for not being lucky enough to have a twin brother.) Naturally, things go awry when someone lets their secret slip.

The first issue is online at Newsarama, and if you're familiar with Top Cow, you'll know that it's full of good art, off color language, and lots of action sequences.

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Comic Book Movie: Top Cow's Alibi to be adapted by Summit

The Company that brought us "The Twilight Saga" is adapting Top Cow's comic book "Alibi." On board are Mandeville's David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman who will function as producers.

The comic revolves around a government assassin whose covert activities are preserved by a perfect alibi of having a well-known socialite as a twin brother.

John Hlavin of "The Shield" is attached as writer, whose other duty is writing the fourth outing of "Underworld."

Top Cow COO & President Matt Hawkins and Michael Renegar created the comic book, which is written by Joshua Hale Fialkov and has Jeremy Haun as the artist.

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Variety Confirms Summit Takes on Alibi

Summit Entertainment, fresh off the success of "New Moon," has come onboard a feature version of Top Cow's comicbook "Alibi," with Mandeville toppers David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman producing.
Comicbook, published last year, centers on a well-known socialite whose public presence establishes a perfect alibi for the covert activity of his secret twin brother, a government assassin. Mandeville snapped up rights to the project shortly after Comic-Con (Daily Variety, Aug. 4).

Summit's attached John Hlavin to pen the script. He was recently hired to write the fourth installment of "Underworld" for Screen Gems and is developing his Western screenplay "Gunslinger" at Warner Bros.

Hlavin's also writing "Boston P.D.," a cop procedural produced by Don Cheadle under his Crescendo banner, for NBC. He was previously was a writer and story editor on "The Shield."

Mandeville VP David Manpearl is exec producing "Alibi." Mandeville produced "The Proposal" and "Surrogates" for Disney and is in post on "The Fighter" for Par with Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and Amy Adams.

Top Cow CEO and founder Marc Silvestri is also exec producing along with Top Cow COO & President Matt Hawkins. The comic book "Alibi" was created by Hawkins and Michael Renegar, written by Joshua Hale Fialkov and illustrated by Jeremy Haun.

For Top Cow, the deal's aimed at replicating the success of "Wanted." That Angelina Jolie starrer, an adaptation of another Top Cow title, topped $340 million in worldwide grosses. Top Cow's "Witchblade" title was the basis for a TNT series.

Hlavin's repped by UTA and Benderspink. ICM reps Hawkins and packaged the deal with Mandeville.

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Top Cow President Calls 'Alibi' Lead 'A Challenging Role For Any Actor'

"I recently had a chance to talk with the president of Top Cow, Matt Hawkins, to get a little more info on the deal and what they have planned for the project. As one of the co-creators of "Alibi," Hawkins has a particular affection for the project, and he shared his thoughts on where it's at and where he'd like to see it headed."

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Matt Hawkins Discusses Alibi Movie

Earlier this week, news broke that Top Cow Productions and Mandeville Films are partnering for a film version of "Alibi," based on the short-lived "Pilot Season" title of the same name. CBR News caught up with Top Cow President Matt Hawkins – also the co-creator of the "Alibi" franchise – to discuss how the film deal came to fruition, what fans can expect from the movie and what Top Cow's plans are for its other big screen projects.


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'Alibi' Comic Tagged For Adaptation By 'Surrogates' Producers

"Alibi," the comic book series about John Stephens and his secretive twin brother who operates as a top-secret government assassin, is headed for the big screen.

Variety reports that the Top Cow Productions series written by Joshua Hale Fialkov and illustrated by Jeremy Haun will be adapted into a feature-length film courtesy of a partnership between the publisher and Mandeville Films.

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Mandeville's got an 'Alibi'

It's the truth -- Mandeville Films and Top Cow Prods. are developing a feature version of Top Cow's comicbook "Alibi," with Mandeville toppers David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman producing.

Comicbook, published last year, centers on a well-known socialite whose public presence establishes a perfect alibi for the covert activity of his secret twin brother, a government assassin.

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Top Cow’s 'Alibi' to Film

Top Cow’s Alibi, published by Image last year, is in development as a feature film with Mandeville Films, according to Variety. The comic was created by Top Cow’s Matt Hawkins and Michael Renegar, written by Joshua Hale Fialkov with art by Jeremy Haun.

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Studio coffee run: PRIEST, Wimpy, ALIBI

Option of the day: Top Cow’s ALIBIi:

Comicbook, published last year, centers on a well-known socialite whose public presence establishes a perfect alibi for the covert activity of his secret twin brother, a government assassin. “Alibi” was created by Top Cow president Matt Hawkins and Michael Renegar, written by Joshua Hale Fialkov and illustrated by Jeremy Haun. Top Cow CEO and founder Marc Silvestri will exec produce the feature project along with Hawkins and Mandeville VP David Manpearl.

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Before the Curtain: NEAL ADAMS, ALIBI, WIMPY KID, and ROBOTS

There is a near daily influx of comic book and genre related movie and TV news, and we wanted a way to present it all to you as easily as possible. We've had film/tv columns in the past, and this latest iteration should serve us all well. On to the news of the day.

The great Neal Adams' (Green Arrow, Batman) Continuity Studios has signed with International Creative Management, a move with an eye toward developing and producing feature films, according to Hollywood Reporter. Continuity Studios has, since its founding in 1983, produced Adams' creator-owned comic books, and most recently has worked on a motion comic of Marvel Entertainment's Astonishing X-Men #1. Adams both produced and co-directed the moving version of Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's modern re-imagining of the X-Men franchise.

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