The Hollywood Reporter has announced that screenwriters Matt Manfredi and Phil Hays have been tapped to adapt Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's highly-controversial comic series "The Boys" for the previously-announced upcoming feature film.
Best known for their work on "Aeon Flux," "The Tuxedo" and "Crazy/Beautiful," Manfredi and Hay will adapt the project which follows a top-secret branch of the CIA that monitors superheroes. In this world, however, superheroes behave like over-privileged celebrities, often engaging in adult -- and illegal -- activities. The series made headlines around comic websites a year ago when it was unceremoniously dropped from DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint, with rumors pointing to its highly-adult subject matter, and eventually found it way to Dynamite Entertainment.
It was announced earlier that Neal H. Moritz and his Columbia-based Original Films, along with Kickstart's Jason Netter and Ken Levin will be producing the film.
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