Famed comic artist Will Eisner will find another one of his works headed to the big screen, though in much lower budget form that the multi-million disaster that was “The Spirit.”
Announced at Comic-Con, Eisner’s semi-autobiographical graphic novel “A Contract With God” will be given a live action adaptation with four directors at the helm: Alex Rivera (“Sleep Dealer”), Tze Chun (“Children of Invention”), Barry Jenkins (“Medicine for Melancholy”) and Sean Baker (“Prince of Broadway”). Each director will take a separate chapter of the book which “recounts Eisner’s memories of growing up in a New York City tenement.”
Darren Dean (who also wrote “Prince Of Broadway, our review is here) will write and produce the project, while being overseen by the Eisner estate. No word yet on a production start date or casting, but don’t expect any big names.
