In today’s first bit of comic book news, Dark Horse Entertainment, David Fincher and animation house Blur Studios have joined forces to bring cult comic The Goon to the big screen as an animated film. The series, created by Eric Powell in 1999, follows the adventures of a muscle-bound brawler who claims to be the primary enforcer for a feared mobster. The stories were usually paranormal and were pretty funny, thanks to ghosts, zombies, mad scientists and “skunk apes,” among other things.
Powell was the one to break the news on his website. He is currently writing the screenplay for the film, which Fincher will produce. No studio is attached yet, but Dark Horse Entertainment has a first-look deal with Universal, so it will probably go to them.
