Cool news for fans of Keanu Reeves tonight (isn’t that basically everyone?).
Netflix has acquired the rights to the BOOM! Studios comic book BRZRKR and will first adapt the story into a feature film followed by an anime spinoff series.
BRZRKR is created by Reeves, written by Reeves and New York Times bestselling writer Matt Kindt and illustrated by famed Marvel artist Ron Garney with colors by Bill Crabtree, letters by Clem Robins and character designs and covers by Rafael Grampá, it originated from an original idea Reeves had been developing for a number of years.
And best of all? Reeves will star in the adaptation after he films John Wick 4 this Spring.
As well as this, the anime series will further expand the BRZRKR universe by exploring different elements of the story. In the series, Reeves will reprise his role and voice his character
BRZRKR is a brutally epic saga about an immortal warrior’s 80,000 year fight through the ages. The man known only as “B” is half-mortal and half-god, , cursed and compelled to violence… even at the sacrifice of his sanity. But after wandering the earth for centuries, B may have finally found a refuge – working for the U.S. government to fight the battles too violent and too dangerous for anyone else. In exchange, B will be granted the one thing he desires – the truth about his endless blood-soaked existence…and how to end it.
It is a 12-issue limited series published by Boom! Studios, with the first issue having launched on March 3rd, 2021.
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