Critically acclaimed filmmakers Spike Lee and Antoine Fuqua will adapt Philippe Thirault, Marc Riou and Mark Vigouroux’ graphic novel "Miss: Better Living Through Crime" for Vigilante Entertainment.
Originally published by French comic publisher Humanoids, “Miss” is a crime thriller set in the 1920s that follows an unusual partnership between two killers for hire: a poor white girl named Nola who becomes a tough femme fatale and Slim, an African-American pimp from Harlem. “Miss” was also published in the U.S. in 2002.
According to Variety, Fuqua will direct “Miss” while Lee is onboard as an executive producer along with Pierre Spengler, Fabrice Giger and Vigilante Entertainment founder Hicham Benkirane. The project is currently being shopped around to film studios.
Lee is widely known for films like “Do the Right Thing”, “Malcolm X” and “Get on the Bus,” while Fuqua’s best-known film is “Training Day” — which earned Denzel Washington the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2002. Fuqua also directed “King Arthur” and “Shooter.”
Benkirane — who is the former head of audiovisual development for Humanoids — retained the film rights to the projects he developed there, including “Miss”, "The Book of Jack" and "Fragile" before leaving the company.
Earlier this month, it was announced that Benkirane’s Vigilante Entertainment has also optioned Warren Ellis’ “Black Summer” as a feature film.
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