Caliber - The Wild West King Arthur tale probably won't star Johnny Depp

Caliber sounds like my kind of comic book. Published by Radical Comics and written by Sam Sarkar it is a retelling of the legend of King Arthur set in America’s Wild West era. Ex'Caliber' has been turned into a gun (love the use of Caliber). Sadly I've not been able to get hold of a copy to have a read, but the artwork by Garrie Gastonny looks stunning.

A while back it was announced that Johnny Depp's Infinitum Nihil production company (where Sarkar serves as head of development) came onboard and have fast tracked the comic for the big screen with John Woo rumoured to be attached to direct it. Recently Pam, the intrepid reporter, sent me an update on it. Thanks Pam

MTV caught up with Sarkar and asked him how it was progressing.

“I just finished the adaptation of the screenplay. Between now and the Cannes Film Festival we’re setting it up.”

However, the question on most people’s minds are, first, since Depp will be producing, will he also star in the adaptation? And secondly, what’s the status on Woo’s involvement with the film?
“Johnny [Depp] will be a producer on the project, and certainly if he ever wanted to show up, shoot somebody and walk off for a day, he can do anything he wants on a movie of ours,” laughed Sarkar. “But it was never intended as a vehicle for him. ‘Caliber’ is one he doesn’t have to do.”

And as far as Woo?

“He just finished the international release of ‘Red Cliff,’ so he’s back in China,” said Sarkar. “He’s reading and we’ll see what his reaction is. We’re waiting to hear from him.”

Have you read the comic? Is it as good as the concept and artwork suggest? Will it make a good film and should Depp star in it?
Source: MTV Splashpage

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