Fox buys thriller from chernin's company based on upcoming warren ellis novel

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has put in development _Gun Machine_, a drama based on the upcoming novel of the same name by top comic book writer Warren Ellis. The TV series adaptation, a thriller about a

beleaguered New York City detective who stumbles upon a cache of hundreds of guns that trace back to a wide array of seemingly unrelated unsolved murders, will be written by _Trauma_ creator

Dario Scardapane and produced by 20th Century Fox TV and studio-based Chernin Entertainment. Chernin and the studio made an offer on Gun Machine, which will be published in January by

Mulholland Books, sight unseen. “Chernin and Fox pursued Gun Machine with great passion and intelligence, and I couldn’t be happier to be making this show with them,” Ellis said. He will

executive produce the potential TV series with Scardapane, Peter Chernin and Katherine Pope. Ellis’ graphic novel Red was turned into a successful movie produced by Summit and Lorenzo di

Bonaventura. A sequel is slated to go into production at the end of the year. Additionally, Tim Miller is attached to direct the feature film adaptation of Ellis’ graphic novel series Gravel

which is set up at Legendary, and Ellis is collaborating with Joss Whedon on the _Wastelanders_ webseries. Ellis is repped by Angela Cheng Caplan, with attorney George Davis handling his

deal, and Lydia Wills negotiating the book agreement. Scardapane is with WME. This is Chernin Entertainment’s second drama sale for Fox so far this season, along with a premium script deal

for a project from writer Chris Levinson. WATCH ON DEADLINE