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Russo Brothers Developing ‘Deadly Class’ Comic Book For Syfy Series

by Dave Elliott
Russo Brothers Developing ‘Deadly Class’ Comic Book For Syfy Series

Russo Brothers Developing ‘Deadly Class’ Comic Book For Syfy Series

Joe and Anthony Russo, the men currently steering MCU’s Avengers movies, are not planning on leaving the comic book world anytime soon. Syfy US has ordered a pilot from the brothers based on ‘Deadly Class’ a comic book series by Rick Remender.

The show will be written by Remender with Miles Feldsott and is a coming-of-age drama set in a high school… except this is no educational establishment. This is Kings Dominion School for the Deadly Arts, the most brutal high school on earth, where the world’s top crime families send the next generation of assassins to be trained. The story is set against the backdrop of late 80’s counter culture, and centres around Marcus Lopez, a young lad whose grades suck and is failing ‘Dismemberment 101’. The jocks – who happen to be the children of Joseph Stalin’s top assassin – are hassling his friends, and the girl he’s crushing on has a double-digit body count… At this school, murder is an art, killing is a craft, and the dagger in your back isn’t always metaphorical.

Joe and Anthony Russo will exec produce along with Remender, Feldsott, and Mike Larocca from Russo Brothers Productions. Adam Targum (‘Outcast’, ‘Banshee’) will also EP and serve as showrunner. Lee Toland Krieger (‘Riverdale’, ‘Life Sentence’ ‘Chilling Adventures of Sabrina’) will EP and direct the pilot. Sony Pictures TV Studios will co-produce the pilot with Syfy’s sibling company, Universal Cable Productions.

Syfy US has stepped up its comic book adaptations recently, having picked up Superman prequel ‘Krypton’ from David S. Goyer and Damian Kindler, and ‘Happy!’ from Grant Morrison, about ex-cop-turned hit-man and a relentlessly positive, imaginary tiny blue winged horse named Happy!

‘Deadly Class’ is currently only a pilot order, but we will let you know when we hear more.

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