Sometimes a potentially huge scoop can slip through the cracks of a news story, which is kind of shocking given the dog-eat-dog world of online news reporting. Still, this seems to have been the case earlier today, when MTV’s Splash Page reported about Brian Azzarerllo’s long-running gangster comic book “100 Bullets.”
While attending an event celebrating the end of the comic book’s run, which ended this spring on its 100th issue (naturally), they asked the comic book creator about the chances of a potential 100 Bullets movie or television series.
The gruff, bald-headed comic book genius responded, enthusiastically, “Television — there’s an idea!” Then continued. “That’s all I’ll say. Television… or maybe something that’s not just TV.”
As far as we’re concerned, that was as close to an out-and-out admission that he’s working on an HBO series based on his comic [or Showtime?]. After all, HBO’s motto is, “It’s not TV, it’s HBO,” and the premium cable network, while certainly experiencing an upswing with recent hits like “Eastbound & Down,” “True Blood,” and “Hung,” still has yet to fill the distinctively blood-splattered niche once held by their enormously successful “The Sopranos.” A series based on 100 Bullets would be a perfect fit.
Course that’s just us picking up on Azzarerllo’s insinuation, which others may have missed, but we’re perfectly happy to point it out. – Drew Taylor
