The Incal is published by Humanoids, and is cited as a huge influence on films like Blade Runner, The Fifth Element and The Matrix.Īccording to THR, Humanoids is waiting for a script before getting a studio on board. With some of the French comics giant Moebius’s most iconic and influential art, it also spawned into a whole series of sequels called The Jodoverse, including The Metabarons and it’s attendant spin-offs.
The Incal is a trippy space opera about an intergalactic detective John Difool who gets involved with a magical MacGuffin called The Incal. Waititi is represented by CAA and Manage-ment.Waititi recently wrapped Thor: Love and Thunder and is one of Hollywood’s most sought after (and quirkiest) filmmakers, so this is a big get for The Incal – and a big task for Waititi and crew as this is some of the most weird and spectacular comics material ever adapted for the screen. Humanoids is producing with David Jourdan’s Primer Entertainment which acquired a stake in Humanoids in 2019 and brought in a multi-million-dollar development fund to partner on a slate. “I fully trust Taika’s creativity to give The Incal a stunning take, intimate and at the same time of cosmic proportions.”. “When Humanoids’ CEO Fabrice Giger introduced me to Taika Waititi’s work, it became obvious to me that he was the one,” said 92-year-old Jodorowsky from his Paris home. “It began as the adventures of a jackass named John Difool, and then it became something else-we called it The Incal - something that has transformed everything it’s ever touched and continues to do so: its creators, the other artists who later became a part of John’s journey, its publisher Humanoids and myself in the process, countless readers, writers and directors around the world, and soon, I believe, the great Taika Waititi himself and everyone who looks to him for inspiration,” said Giger. I was stunned to be given the opportunity to bring his iconic characters to life and I am grateful to Alejandro, Fabrice and everyone at Humanoids for trusting me to do so.” Waititi said, “The films and graphic novels of Alejandro Jodorowsky have influenced me and so many others for so long. The graphic novel is the foundation stone of the “Jodoverse” encompassing comic book series such as The Metabarons and Megalex and centres on a down-at-heel private investigator who stumbles upon the titular artefact coveted by many across the galaxy. This is the first time The Incal has been adapted since it was created in the late 1970s. Waititi, currently working on Thor: Love And Thunder ahead of its schedule release on July 8 2022, is adapting the screenplay with Jemaine Clement and Peter Warren. Taika Waititi will adapt the sci-fi graphic novel The Incal created by Alejandro Jodorowsky and French artist Moebius in the first foray into production by Los Angeles-based media company Humanoids.
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