Garth Ennis is ready to cross another comic book adaptation off his list. The creator, whose Preacher and The Boys have already been adapted for TV, has penned a script for a movie adaptation of his comic Crossed. And now indie outfit Six Studios has acquired the screenplay, with an intention to finance and back the movie.
Crossed takes place in a pandemic-stricken world, in which those who catch a disease are marked with a cross-like rash on their faces. Those afflicted follow their worst impulses — think a zombie apocalypse, but instead of zombies, these are humans who retain their intellect, but are homicidal maniacs.
As a fan of the comics, there is no way this works as even R rated. It can only be NC-17.
Why do you think that? Is it the copious amounts of rape by both infected and non-infected people? The insane amount of violence and cannibalism? HORSE COCK!? Idk, might slip through as pg-13
theyll just tone it down to an r rating but only becauae of naughty words
Seriously. Certain issue covers could warrant an R rating on their own. Not sure if you have seen The Sadness (2021), but plot-wise its pretty similar. If they can do something sinilar with The Crossed then ill be happy.
It’s a tricky balancing act but they’ll have to shoot for an R.