The project is based on Mark Waid’s Boom!
Studios comic
What happens when good superheroes go bad?
Adam McKay and Fox are eager to find out.

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EW can confirm that the studio behind theX-MenandDeadpoolmovies has acquired film rights toIrredeemable, the Boom!
Studios comic about a Superman-like do-gooder who turns villainous, and McKay is on board to direct.
The filmmaker is no stranger to comic book movies, havingworked on the scriptfor MarvelsAnt-Man.
Hell directIrredeemablefrom a screenplay by Tommy Wirkola (Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters).
Deadlinefirst reportedthe news aboutIrredeemable.