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Universal to Adapt Williamson and Bressan's 'Birthright' with 'Despicable Me' Writers and Robert Kirkman

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Joshua Williamson and Andrei Bressan's Birthright will be coming to a theater near you sometime in the future, courtesy of Universal Pictures and Skybound Entertainment. The Image Comics fantasy series, which also features colors by Adriano Lucas, will be produced by David Alpert, Bryan Furst, Sean Furst, Jeb Brody, and Robert Kirkman.

Kirkman, the third famous person to ever come out of Kentucky behind Diane Sawyer and Loretta Lynn, brings the pedigree of being the co-creator of The Walking Dead, which he turned into a multimedia empire. Kirkman's Skybound has a first-look deal with Universal that allows them first crack at adapting their comics into films, which are likely to be a license to print money. The team will rely on Despicable Me writers Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio to write the film.

Here's the description of the series from Image Comics:

For the Rhodes family, losing their son was the most devastating thing that could have occurred…but it couldn't prepare them for what happened when he returned.

Universal to Adapt Williamson and Bressan's 'Birthright' with 'Despicable Me' Writers and Robert Kirkman

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