Alexis Nolent

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Alexis Nolent
Born Rouen, France
Nationality French
Area(s)Writer
Pseudonym(s)Matz
Notable works
Awards Prix Saint-Michel:
Best Story (2004)
Best French Language Comic (2006)

Alexis Nolent (a.k.a. Matz) is a French writer. He writes scripts for video games and has also written a novel and, under the pen name Matz, a number of comics.

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Life and career

Nolent was born in Rouen, France, and grew up in the Caribbean, before moving to Paris. [1]

His graphic novel Du Plomb Dans La Tete, AKA Headshot , was adapted into the 2012 film Bullet to the Head . [2] He has written The Killer (Le Tueur) and Cyclops (Cyclopes) both of which have been optioned for films, also by producer Alexandra Milchan, the former at Paramount with director David Fincher [3] and the latter at Warner Brothers by James Mangold. [4] The Killer is his first to be published in English and is published by Archaia Studios Press, [5] who are dividing each of volumes into two parts and releasing in American comic book format bi-monthly. The first four issues were collected as a hardcover volume, which won IGN's Best Indy Book of 2007 Award, [6] Newsarama's Best of '07 gave it the "Best Comic You Didn't Read This Year" award [7] and Entertainment Weekly named it #2 in a list of Best comics of 2007. [8]

Other work includes Headshot (Du plomb dans la tête) with Colin Wilson, Shandy with Dominique Bertail and an upcoming adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel Savage Night with artist Miles Hyman. [9] [10]

The Killer was optioned for a 2023 feature film adaptation, starring Michael Fassbender and Tilda Swinton. [11]

Bibliography

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ MATZ: Writer of The Killer, Jazma, October 31, 2006
  2. ↑ Warner aims for 'Headshot', Variety , October 14, 2008
  3. ↑ David Fincher interview Archived 2008-11-22 at the Wayback Machine , MTV, January 7, 2008
  4. ↑ WB, Mangold eye Nolent's 'Cyclops', Variety
  5. 1 2 "Archaia Studios Press profile for The Killer". Archived from the original on 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  6. ↑ Best Indy Book Archived 2007-12-30 at the Wayback Machine , IGN
  7. ↑ Best Shots: Best of '07 Edition [ permanent dead link ], Newsarama, December 30, 2007
  8. ↑ The Best Comics of 2007, Entertainment Weekly , Dec 18, 2007
  9. ↑ Making the Asssassin Tick Archived 2007-02-09 at the Wayback Machine , Broken Frontiers, November 3, 2006
  10. ↑ Matz - A "Killer" Comic Writer, Comic Book Resources, April 12, 2007
  11. ↑ Benderspink options 'Starkweather', Variety , November 8, 2007
  12. ↑ Jean-Christophe Chauzy at Lambiek
  13. ↑ "Casterman profile for Peines perdues". Archived from the original on 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  14. 1 2 Luc Jacamon at Lambiek
  15. ↑ Casterman profile for Le Tueur
  16. ↑ Dominique Bertail at Lambiek
  17. ↑ "Casterman profile for Du plomb dans la tête". Archived from the original on 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  18. ↑ Casterman profile for Cyclopes
  19. ↑ https://www.howtolovecomics.com/2020/05/03/snowpiercer-reading-order/
  20. ↑ 2008 Eisner Award Nominees Named Archived January 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (press release), Newsarama, April 14, 2008

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