Graphic novel The New West heading to the big screen from Benderspink

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 15 years ago

Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Production company Benderspink (THE RING, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE) has optioned the rights to Black Bull Media’s two-issue comic book THE NEW WEST, originally written by Jimmy Palmiotti featuring art by Phil Noto. A post-apocalyptic western of sorts, the tale seems like an intriguing combination of BOOK OF ELI and ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK.

The story is set in a near-future Los Angeles where an electromagnetic pulse bomb has caused all technology to stop working. In this hostile environment a disgraced former LAPD detective must rescue a kidnapped mayor with only a horse and a sword.

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