Talent (comics)

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Talent
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Cover to Talent #1 (May 2006). Art by Paul Azaceta.
Publication information
Publisher Boom! Studios
ScheduleMonthly
Format Mini-series
Publication dateMay–October 2006
No. of issues4
Creative team
Written by Christopher Golden
Tom Sniegoski
Artist(s) Paul Azaceta
Letterer(s) Marshall Dillon
Colorist(s) Ron Riley
Editor(s)Marshall Dillon
Collected editions
Talent ISBN   1-934506-05-2

Talent is a comic book series written by Christopher Golden and Tom Sniegoski, drawn by Paul Azaceta, published by Boom! Studios. [1]

Contents

Plot

A college professor, Nicholas Dane is the only survivor of flight 654, a plane that crashes into the sea and kills the crew and 148 other passengers. Unable to account for how he was able to survive underwater for 12 hours, he is suspected of involvement in the incident. Fleeing as a fugitive, Dane finds that he now possesses the talents of the other passengers and crew and must evade members of a shadowy conspiracy out to get him.

Collected editions

The series has been collected as a trade paperback:

Adaptation

On May 13, 2011, the film rights were optioned by Universal Studios via producers Marc E. Platt, Ross Richie and Andrew Crosby (the latter two being BOOM! Studios' cofounders) and Zack Whedon, brother to Joss Whedon, set to write the screenplay. [2] On February 13, 2017, Neal H. Moritz’s company Original Film took over the film adaptation from Platt and won’t use Zack’s script. [3] On February 6, 2019, Moritz moved the project to Sony Pictures Television, which got a straight-to-series order from Fox and Graham Yost set as the showrunner. [4]

Notes

  1. The (Super)Natural: Golden Talks "Talent", Comic Book Resources, April 3, 2006
  2. Kroll, Justin (May 13, 2011). "Zach Whedon Has 'Talent'". Variety . Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  3. Kit, Borys (February 13, 2017). "'Fast and Furious' Producer to Adapt Comic 'Talent' for Film (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  4. White, Peter (February 6, 2019). "Fox Developing Adaptation Of Graphic Novel 'Talent' With 'Justified' Showrunner Graham Yost". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved October 23, 2022.

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