10-Year Comic Book Series 'Mouse Guard' to get a Feature Adaptation

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By Darian Scalamoni

            Who ever thought that a comic book series about a brotherhood of mice living in medieval times would work, let alone be turned into a feature film? Well thanks to director Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Cloverfield) and screenwriter Gary Whitta (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, The Book of Eli) it will become a reality.

            According to Collider, David Peterson’s 10-year running, Eisner-winning comic book series, Mouse Guard will get a movie adaptation. It is known at this time that Whitta will pen the big screen adaptation but Reeves has no intention of direct at this time. The ultra-successful series has been translated to 10 languages and has sold almost one million copies in print spawning three different volumes of the main series.

            Though the premise of a group of mice with human characteristics living in medieval times sounds like it would be geared towards children, the series is known for having complex characters and mature storylines. Fox intends on using the same technology used for the Apes franchise and this year’s, The Jungle Book for a live-action/CG hybrid.