Alex Tse (“Watchmen”) will be writing the adaptation of the comic book title “Battling Boy” for Paramount and Plan B, Brad Pitt’s production company.

The film will be based on the upcoming graphic novel written and illustrated by Paul Pope (“Batman: Year 100”, “Dark Horse Presents” series), and follows the son of a god who comes down from the top of a mountain at his father’s behest, to battle a plague of beasts that have overrun the giant floating city of Monstropolis.

First Second Books is publishing the graphic novel this spring.

Tse is also attached to the upcoming live-action “Ninja Scroll” adaptation. Plan B also has the rights to “World War Z”, the book by Max Brooks that details fictional accounts of an alternative future world war that pit human beings against zombies.

Stay tuned to Shockya.com for more Pope and Battling Boy news.

By Costa Koutsoutis (Source: The Hollywood Reporter)