Ava DuVernay Directing ‘DMZ’ adaptation on HBO Max

[Norrin Radd]

Ava DuVernay To Direct ‘DMZ’ Pilot For HBO Max, Robert Patino To Write – Deadline

Hot off a big Emmy win for When They See Us, Ava DuVernay is set to launch her second project based on a DC Comics property

Already primed to directed a big-screen adaptation of Jack Kirby’s New Gods, as Deadline reported last year, Oscar nominee DuVernay now is getting behind the camera for HBO Max with the DMZ pilot the soon-to-be streamer has ordered.

Adapted from the Brian Wood-written comic published by the Vertigo imprint, the pilot imagines a second American Civil War in the near future. The A Wrinkle in Time helmer will direct the project with showrunner and EP Roberto Patino writing. Prophetically well timed if Monday’s tweetstorm by Donald Trump is any roadmap, the Manhattan-set DMZ will be produced by DuVernay’s Array Filmworks in association with Warner Bros. Television.

DMZ is a special project to me as it marks a key collaboration with my company Array Filmworks, the excellent team at Warner Bros TV and the dynamo Roberto Patino,” DuVernay told Deadline today of the new project for the longtime comics fan.

“We’ve all worked diligently on this material, and I’ve witnessed Roberto in action,” the 13th director added of her Westworld EP collaborator. “He’s insanely talented and cares about telling stories with maximum impact and imagination. I’m eager to share this one with DC fans.”

The original DMZ takes place in a nation torn apart by the uneasy détente between the remains of the federal government and the secessionist Free State armies. With art by Riccardo Burchielli and printed by DC Comics under its Vertigo imprint from 2005-12, Wood’s story is centered in the sparsely populated demilitarized zone of what once was Manhattan.

The Patino-penned adaption is said to center on a female medic on the island who is trying day-in and day-out to help keep residents alive while trying to also find her lost son. In the process, that determined medic proves a source of hope in an America that has lost all sense of the idea.

Both DuVernay and Patino have overall deals with Warner Bros Television, which were inked in September and November 2018, respectively.

Production on the DMZ pilot is scheduled to begin in early 2020 — or just a few months before the WarnerMedia-owned HBO Max launches.

 

[mr x]

Damn, she's on fire.

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

I liked the first few trade paperbacks but fell behind and never caught up.

It's an ambitious project, good for Ava.

Interesting that they're doing the show from Zee's point of view too.

HBO lowkey fukking with the Vertigo properties, between this and Watchmen. Netflix has Sandman now too.

Still need that 100 Bullets adaptation though

 

[wire28]

i thought it said dbz at first :ChappelleScouter9000:

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

The hbo max shyt confuses me. I was initially down for it because I thought they were adding dc, and Cartoon Network to it, but it seems like they’re only adding a select shows.

 

[TheNatureBoy]

 

[PlayerNinety_Nine]

I'm with Rosario starring . Between her headlining, Ava directing, and the source material this show could definitely get all the way in its woke bag.

 

[Lootpack]

Looking forward to this.

 

[987654321]

Loved the graphic novels. I Think, as long as they don’t penny pinch, the show can be one of the better adaptions.

 

[Ironman]

IN

 

[PortCityProphet]

So for yall who know what the hell a DBZ comic is I ask you this....we gon see Rosario titties every week or nah?
How graphic is this graphic novel?

 

[987654321]

So for yall who know what the hell a DBZ comic is I ask you this....we gon see Rosario titties every week or nah?
How graphic is this graphic novel?

I don’t remember too much nudity in the series. It was mostly about trying to live a normal life in NYC during an ongoing war. Knowing HBO and Rosario we should ready for titties, at least once, while it airs.

 

[TheNatureBoy]

 

[Kaypain]

Man I thought we was getting a DMX biopic when I first read the title

 

[Norrin Radd]

Man I thought we was getting a DMX biopic when I first read the title

One day, I pray. One day