Goth-friendly comic book series “Chi-Chian,” created by the multitalented artist/musician Voltaire—could be coming to the big screen courtesy of Framelight.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Framelight has picked up the option on "Chi-Chian" with an eye towards developing it into a feature film.
Originally published by Sirius as a six issue miniseries, “Chi-Chian” is a dystopian cyber-punk thriller that takes place in the far future where New York has been annexed by Japan and mammoth sentient worms serve as mass transit trains.
The story follows a young woman named Chi-Chian who must fight samurais, robots and zombies in order to protect her loved ones.
“Chi-Chian” has also been adapted into a series of 14 flash animated shorts for Syfy’s official website, as well as a role-playing game by Dreamcatcher in 2003.
Voltaire—whose given name is Aurelio Voltaire Hernández—is not only the writer of “Chi-Chian”, but also the artist. In addition to “Chi-Chian,” Voltaire created the comic “Oh My Goth!,” which was also published by Sirius.
Voltaire is also an accomplished animator who currently teaches stop-motion animation at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
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