Since adapting his short, 9, into a feature length film, Shane Acker has mostly kept things on the quiet working as a previsualization supervisor/artist for The Third Floor. Well he’s now attached to helm a project once again with an adaptation of the comic book BEASTS OF BURDEN. In the book, a gang of 5 dogs and 1 cat, join together to fight supernatural forces in the town of Burden. Andrew Adamson, the director of SHREK and CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, is set to produce.
I really liked 9, especially its incredibly dark tone and original visuals. Hopefully Acker will capture the darkness ofthe comics as well as creating a sense of real camaraderie between the animals. Darren Lemke is writing the script based on material by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson.
Source: The Wrap
