The big picture
- Mattson Tomlin and Ryan Coogler will adapt “A Vicious Circle” into a feature film for Universal.
- The comic follows two assassins with a time travel affliction, jumping through different eras.
- Coogler is also working on a period vampire film and producing the MCU's Ironheart series.
Terminator Zero showrunner Mattson Tomlin has another time travel project in the works -i Ryan Coogler is also on board. The duo will adapt the BOOM! Studios comic A vicious circle in a feature film, with Tomlin writing the script and Coogler producing. The Hollywood Reporter has word that the adaptation has landed at Universal.
A vicious circleby Tomlin and artist Lee Bermejowhich is definitely not to be confused with the 1994 one Jennifer Jason Leigh– starring Dorothy Parker biopic Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, had his first graphic novel published in 2022; a second part was released last year, and the third and final part is expected in stores this summer. It features two rival assassins who both have a strange affliction: every time they kill someone, they are thrown into a different time period. Sometimes it's 1950s New Orleans. Sometimes it's 21st century Tokyo with a cyberpunk tinge. Sometimes it's the Cretaceous period, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth. But whatever happens, these two rivals will meet, and one, or both, will get their revenge. Tomlin is a hot commodity in Hollywood right now. In addition to the animated Terminator Zerowhich will debut on Netflix in August, is writing the adaptation BRZRKRa comic co-created by Keanu Reeves; The Batman Part II with Matt Reeves; and the game of thrones spin-off Aegon's Conquest.
What else is Ryan Coogler working on right now?
Coogler is currently working on directing his as-yet-untitled period vampire film, which will star Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Jack O'Connelli Lola Kirke. Coogler is also producing the MCU iron heart series for Disney+, starring Dominique Thorne like armored hero Riri Williams, who made her film debut in 2022 Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which Coogler directed. Master MCU Kevin Feige he recently revealed iron heart filming is over; no release date yet. Last year he produced the basketball documentary Stephen Curry: Underrated. Coogler also has a reboot of the classic supernatural conspiracy thriller The X files in the works
Coogler will produce A vicious circle under his Proximity Films banner; Proximity Sev Ohanian i Zinzi Coogler will also produce, as will development president Boom! Stephen Christy. Rebecca Cho i Zetra Evans will executive produce Proximity, as will Boom!'s Adam Yoelin. Mette Norkjaer will co-produce
A vicious circle is under development, and does not yet have a release date, director or cast. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
