If it wasn’t quite clear what Sam Raimi saw in Fede Alvarez after the “Evil Dead” remake a couple of years back, it was suddenly quite apparent in this summer’s sleeper horror hit “Don’t Breathe.” The low-budget, mostly single-location thriller chalked up great reviews and an impressive $140 million worldwide, all on a budget of less than $10 million. You can bet Sony and their Screen Gems shingle were absolutely thrilled, and it’s not a surprise that studio is ready to hand Alvarez the keys to something a little bit bigger.
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THR reports that Alvarez has signed up to direct the adaptation of the limited Icon Comics series “Incognito.” Written by Ed Brubaker with art by Sean Phillips, the noir comic tells the story of a super-villain who’s in witness protection. Taking drugs to keep his powers at bay, he soon tires of living a regular life, and starts to look for a way out. Here’s the synopsis of the first issue:
What if you were an ex-super villain hiding out in Witness Protection… but all you could think about were the days when the rules didn’t apply to you? Could you stand the toil of an average life after years of leaving destruction in your wake? And what if you couldn’t stand it? What would you do then?
Daniel Casey, who did work on “10 Cloverfield Lane,” is writing the script, and this sounds like pretty nifty concept. Whether or not this is Alvarez’s next project remains to be seen, but he’s likely getting all kinds of scripts thrown on his desk at the moment.
