"Dylan Dog: Dead of Night" was first announced way back in 2008, and now it's finally on the verge of arriving in theaters. The Kevin Munroe-directed adaptation of Tiziano Sclavi's comic book series "Dylan Dog" is set now for a wide theatrical release in the United States on April 29.
The release is possible thanks to Omnilab Media, an Australia-based producer/financier that picked up the U.S. distribution rights for the film, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Dead of Night" will be released under the new Omni/FSR label, with Freestyle Releasing overseeing the theatrical run.
The business arrangement gets even more complicated from there, but the gist of it is simple: "Dylan Dog" will be in theaters at the end of April.
The adaptation stars Brandon Routh as Dog, the only private investigator for the undead in the world. Starring alongside Routh is Sam Huntington, who also joined the actor as Jimmy Olsen in "Superman Returns, in the role of Dog's assistant, Marcus Adams.
MTV News last spoke to Routh about "Dead of Night" at San Diego Comic Con in 2009. He compared the character to Han Solo at the time, a "normal, everyday guy" who "has his swagger and his dour attitude sometimes that gets him through the day."
"Dylan Dog" is an Italian comic, but it is quite popular around the world. Routh feels that's because Sclavi's stories offer themes that a global audience can identify with. "There's a lot of great humor elements as well as the action and the horror and the romance. All things which translate really well to our side of the globe."
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