SDCC 2024: Image Comics Series ‘NO/ONE’ To Be Adapted For Film
by Olly MacNamee
Kyle Higgins, Brian Buccellato and Geraldo Borges‘ comic book title and podcast (featuring Rachael Leigh Cook, Patton Oswalt, and Todd Stashwick) NO/ONE, is to be made into a movie courtesy of creative-collective studio Black Market Narrative and development and production company ZQ Entertainment. The film adaption will be produced by Higgins (who will also serve as director and co-scriptwriter) and Buccellato (co-scriptwriter), ZQ Entertainment’s Ara Keshishian and Petr Jákl, and Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activity, Insidious and Late Night with the Devil). Stuart Manashil of Novo will serve as Executive Producer. The teaser trailer was revealed at Friday’s “Image Comics Presents: Enter the MASSIVE-VERSE” panel at San Diego Comic-Con International.
Announced at San Diego Comic-Con fans in attendance even got a teaser trailer:
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“NO/ONE chronicles the story of a digital hacktivist’s attempts to root out corruption amongst Pittsburgh politicians and leaders of industry, as well as the resulting movement of murderous accountability that jumpstarts a media maelstrom.
The film will be comprised of sit down interviews, phone and drone footage, news coverage, and first-person GoPro and helmet videography from the NO/ONE operation itself; I AM NO/ONE is the final chapter in this visionary multi-narrative experience.”
Speaking of the film adaption and approach to filming NO/ONE, Schneider said:
“Unconventional storytelling makes for the most compelling narratives, particularly when it comes to film. Even when playing within the rules of genre convention, audiences want to be surprised. They deserve it. I AM NO/ONE being structured as a documentary, that is also in-universe with the comic and podcast, is something that has never been done before. And that alone is incredibly exciting to me.”
Higgins added:
“As both a storyteller and a world-builder, immersion is incredibly important to me,” said Higgins. “From day one, when Brian and I embarked on this journey nearly three years ago, we planned this multi-narrative approach in a way that would allow us to play to the strengths of our favorite mediums, designing a story that—while standing on its own in each format—became incredibly additive when experiencing all aspects of it together. I am incredibly excited to make my feature-film directing debut on a project so intensely personal and that speaks to the type of boundary-pushing, outside-the-box storytelling that I pride myself on trying to achieve.”
Buccellato
“This film is a culmination of over three years of meticulous planning and world building and I am so excited to be embarking on the final leg of this journey. Executing a superhero murder-mystery across multiple mediums is the biggest creative swing we’ve ever taken. We’re proud that each element stands on its own, and can’t wait to bring it all together for a truly one-of-a-kind storytelling experience.”
