Paramount Pictures has acquired rights to turn the Valiant Comics series "
Harbinger" into a live-action feature that will be developed as a potential directing vehicle for Brett Ratner.
Created by Jim Shooter, the "
Harbinger" comicbook series became a hit when published in the 1990s. Harbingers are humans with powers that can be unlocked by "omega" harbingers. Teenager Pete Stanchek finds himself on a collision course with an older "omega" who used his gifts to become an evil industrialist.