To Watch A Thief
The Walking Dead creator, Robert Kirkman, is teaming with AMC again for another adaptation of one of his comic book projects. He will be developing his crime comic Thief of Thieves, which just recently began its run at Image Comics.
“Much like The Walking Dead brought horror to television in a unique and groundbreaking way, I feel Thief of Thieves can do the same thing for heist stories, showing the humanity of all the characters, including the criminals,” Kirkman says.
The project reunites Kirkman and Walking Dead producer David Alpert of Circle of Confusion with Chic Eglee, who they worked with on the first season of the zombie TV series. Eglee will serve as showrunner if Thief of Thieves is picked up as a series.
“AMC recognizes the limitless ideas generated by the comic industry,” Kirkman says. “Their dedication to bringing The Walking Dead to life as a TV show has been key to its success and I’m excited about the potential of Thief of Thieves to reach similar levels of success.”
The comic book series launched in February, and the first two issues have sold out. The third issue is scheduled to be in stores Wednesday. Kirkman developed Thief of Thieves while in the writers room for The Walking Dead TV series. Nick Spencer wrote the first arc of Thief of Thieves, with Kirkman serving as head writer to oversee the series.
“Working with AMC has been a tremendously positive experience, and I’m looking forward to continuing and strengthening our relationships there,” Kirkman says. “And I can’t neglect to mention I’ve been dying to work with Chic again since we wrapped on The Walking Dead season one.”
“It’s incredibly exciting to put the band back together with Robert, Chic and AMC; it just feels great,” Alpert says.