DC Graphic Novel 'The Psycho' To Get Adapted

[Thursday, June 3rd, 2004]
The Psycho (Graphic Novel)
The Psycho (Graphic Novel)
Jeffrey Nachmanoff (The Day After Tomorrow) is to write the script for the DC graphic novel The Psycho for Universal Pictures to produce, according to Variety.

The Psycho is an action-thriller about a government agent who uncovers a technology being used to genetically turn people into super-humans.

Nachmanoff, who has written several unproduced political thriller scripts, directed 2001 indie pic "Hollywood Palms."

His luck changed dramatically when Emmerich invited him to help destroy the northern hemisphere. Their script for The Day After Tomorrow sparked one of the most lucrative spec package deals in years, and the film opened to $86 million over the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

"I didn't know much about disaster movies, but I didn't need to because Roland does that kind of action very well already," Nachmanoff said. "I concentrated on the characters. It was gracious for Roland to keep me on through the whole ride."

Of the f/x-heavy The Psycho, he said, "It is a contemporary but altered reality like The Matrix, but what I most liked is the moral quandary of the protagonist, who ends up having to become what he despises when he takes this drug."

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