It looks like yet another comic book property is set for the small screen treatment as Universal Cable Prods sets its sights on Image Comics’ Ice Cream man.
The network already has Image’s Happy! and are looking to add to that the relatively new book which focuses on an Ice Cream man who, in the tradition of The Twilight Zone or Creepshow, brings individual scary tales to the audience each episode.
The stories focus on suburban America and the psyche behind the picket fence reality of Americana.
Max and Adam Reid (Sneaky Pete) will write the adaptation based on the Image Comics series created by W. Maxwell Prince.
“The Ice Cream Man frames the stories for viewers with darkly wry observations about human nature and the cruel ironies of fate. That narrator structure and the twist-ending tone put Ice Cream Man in the tradition of classic television franchises such as The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery and Tales From the Crypt, the latter also an import from the comics world.”
We get the feeling this will be a comic book series few will realise is based on a comic.
Thoughts?
Source: Deadline
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