![]() Where "Warrior Nun"'s unlikely heroine found herself transformed by contact with a supernatural relic and faced with a choice between freedom and destiny, Bartholomeus had to sacrifice his life to save humanity. Similar to the continent's historical cosmopoli, Rotburk is rooted in the past but not stuck there: a private 17th-century mansion becomes foundation for the glass and metal skyscraper towering above, topped by a golden pyramid links between ancient and modern are core to the story's thematic drive, as with Netflix's Spain-set fantasy drama. Hence the influences of Paris' grand Haussmannian terraces and Art Nouveau street furniture, as well as the traditional timber-framed construction of Alsace in the east of France and its border country Germany. In doing so, Miny intended "to catch the feeling of walking through any old European city, with its heritage old town, along with the growing modernity around it". The city is an amalgum of architectural styles that, once placed in such unusually close proximity, feel both novel and familiar. ![]() Liefeld's work is often divisive among comic book fans, but he's created a lot of great characters over the years and Prophet is definitely worthy of a big screen outing.We caught up with its game designer and art director, Baptiste Miny, prior to release earlier this year to talk about the project, its engaging architectural flavor, and the perspective of a cynical immortal hero who must defend humankind whatever the cost.Īs a 2000-year-old demon hunter and a mystery-solving apostle, Bartholomeus finds himself wandering the streets of Rotburk. This is an impressive group of people working on bringing the character to the big screen, anyway, and the hope now is that it will be the next project Hargrave and Gyllenhaal decide to tackle. ![]() This all sounds very promising and, as of right now, there's really no reason to believe this movie won't finally become a reality. "I am super excited, I don't want to jinx it, but it is a big deal." "In the business of movies, you just hope that your important contributors stay on board, and as of today, Jake is fully engaged, giving notes, taking meetings, shaping the movie, and Sam is in his free time away from Extraction 2, has continued to shape it," Liefeld adds. Sam was never going to be done with Extraction 2, even a year ago, there was an additional 13, 14 months. That's how good the paper is.but we always knew, Jake was always making Road House right now. Marc Guggenheim, his draft got us Sam Hargrave, got us Jake Gyllenhaal. "It's that old adage: if it's not on the page, it's not on the screen." There was one sequence that was added, that everyone was like 'How did we never think of that?' Prophet is like.I wish I could share the screenplay with everybody," he says. The draft that is being completed right now is a polish of the second act. We haven't heard much since, but Liefeld has shared a big update during a recent interview with (via ). Things only got more exciting with the addition of Extraction director Sam Hargrave and the news that Jake Gyllenhaal ( Spider-Man: Far From Home) would star as the title character. Nothing much happened until back in 2018 when Studio 8 acquired the rights, with it later being revealed that the script would be penned by Arrow and Legends of Tomorrowscribe Marc Guggenheim. He's since gone on to star in his own series (on multiple occasions), though talk of a movie featuring the character actually first began in the mid-1990s. ![]() Prophet, a character created by Deadpool mastermind Rob Liefeld, first appeared in the pages of 1992's Youngblood #2.
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