One Shield, One Ghost Chicken, and a Sony Deal

Sony Pictures picked up the live-action film rights to D'Orc, Brett Bean's breakout Image Comics series about a half orc, half dwarf the whole world wants dead. Bean is writing the script himself, and I break down how this one could end up on Netflix.

D'Orc launched in February, sold out before its first issue hit shelves, and is now on an eighth printing of issue one. I walk through who D'Orc is, why Bean adapting his own book is the best part of the announcement, and how Sony's pay 1 deal with Netflix puts the movie on the streamer after its theatrical run. Then the hard part: a talking eyeball shield and a ghost chicken in live action, and why Netflix's record with Locke & Key, Sweet Tooth, and The Umbrella Academy gives me some confidence.

• 0:00 Sony Lands D'Orc

• 0:13 Brett Bean Writes the Script

• 0:32 Can Live Action Work?

• 0:49 Netflix and Quirky Comics

• Sony owns the live-action film rights to D'Orc, and creator Brett Bean is attached to write the screenplay.

• Sony films go to Netflix after their theatrical and home video windows, and that deal expands worldwide starting later this year.

• No director, cast, or release window has been announced yet.

"He's the one who wrote the book, so it's in the creator's hands." Frank

"Live action D'Orc is going to be really hard to do. There's this shield with an eyeball, there's a ghost chicken." Frank

"You are talented and I cannot wait to see what you do with this opportunity." Frank

Sources: Deadline, ComicsBeat, Image Comics. More at GeekFreaksPodcast.com

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Should D'Orc be live action at all, or would animation serve the book better?Who would you cast as the voice of the shield?