Ben Affleck And Matt Damon To Produce Film Of Ed Brubaker And Sean Phillips' Sleeper

Published Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:11:15 -0600

Last updated Thu, 21 Nov 2013 21:11:19 -0600

DC Comics continues its onslaught of recent Film/TV news, this time for Sleeper by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips via Variety:

Warner Bros. is ramping up development of "Sleeper," a long-in-development DC Entertainment property that's set up with producers Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and Jennifer Todd.

The studio has brought on the writing team of Shawn Ryan and David Wiener to pen the adaptation of "Sleeper," based on the series from DC Entertainment's Vertigo imprint, written by Ed Brubaker with art by Sean Phillips. The series began publication in 2003.

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