Anders Walter to Direct the I Kill Giants Adaptation

By Maryann Yin 

I Kill GiantsOscar-winning filmmaker Anders Walter will helm an adaptation of the graphic novel I Kill Giants. Harry Potter movie director Chris Columbus will serve as a producer for this project.

Paste Magazine reports that these comics were created by writer Joe Kelly and artist J. M. Ken Niimura. Image Comics released each installment of the seven-issue series on a monthly basis from July 2008 to January 2009.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the story follows “a girl who escapes from her difficult reality into a fantasy life where she has more power. It went on to be named one of the top graphic novels of 2010 by the Young Adult Library Services Association, and win the Gold Award at the Fifth International Manga Awards in 2012.” (via Variety)