As announced on The Hollywood Reporter, award-winning
publisher BOOM! Studios is excited to reveal that Michael Keaton (Birdman,
Batman) will star in and produce a film adaptation at 20th Century Fox of the
comic series Imagine Agents, created by Brian Joines.
Written by Joines (Krampus) and illustrated by Bachan
(Rocket Salvage), Imagine Agents is the story of two agents who work for
clandestine organization I.M.A.G.I.N.E. to keep kids’ imaginary friends under
control. Little do they know that an abandoned “friend” from long ago is about
to disrupt the status quo and turn everything upside down. The series was
published from October 2013 to January 2014, with a collected edition released
in December 2014.
“Imagine Agents has been the most rewarding project I've
worked on and the fact it's going to be a movie with Michael Keaton, whose work
had a huge impact on my teenaged years and indirectly played a role in my
decision to become a writer, is just a mind-blowing continuation of that
reward,” said Joines.
BOOM! has a first-look feature film deal at 20th Century Fox
that includes first-dollar gross on films based on any of its comics, which the
publisher splits with its creators.
BOOM! Studios Founder and Chief Executive Officer Ross
Richie will produce the film with Keaton and Anonymous Content’s Michael Sugar.
President of Development Stephen Christy will executive produce with Anonymous
Content’s Eli Selden. Senior Vice President of Film Adam Yoelin will co-produce
in cooperation with Anonymous Content’s Ashley Zalta.
Keaton, best known for his roles in Beetlejuice and
Batman, is coming off his
award-nominated performance as washed-up superhero actor Riggan Thomson in New
Regency Pictures’ Birdman and is currently filming The Founder, a biopic about
Ray Kroc, the founder of the McDonald’s fast-food chain.
