TV/Comics: Native American Noir Comic Scalped Is Getting a TV Adaptation UPDATE

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* I predicted this sh*t exactly...

But this would have been an AMAZING TV series

Especially with the TIME JUMP at the finale of the comic, you could really expand it...

THIS and a series based on Scalped would completely SAVE HBO...

Damn even AMC (before they got cheap) would have done this justice.

But a 2 hour film/6 hour Trilogy unless done by the BEST...

DOESN'T WORK

BGOL Studios: What current comic book should be turned to a TV Series​

I have been so disappointed with the direction the Walking Dead has taken since Darabont left...​

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I think because HBO SUCKS now that there is only ONE current comic series that truly deserves to have the production/writing camp from the WIRE to tackle...​

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To save the sinking ship that is HBO drama...​

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they have lost so many series like Mad Men and Justified, etc....​

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this right here would be a game changer...​

Scalped is a critically acclaimed ongoing crime/western comic book series written by Jason Aaron and illustrated by R. M. Guéra, published monthly by Vertigo Comics. Issue #1 was published on January 3, 2007.

The series focuses on the Oglala Lakota inhabitants of the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation in modern-day South Dakota as they grapple with organized crime, rampant poverty and alcoholism, local politics and the preservation of their cultural identity.

Author Jason Aaron has since confirmed that Scalped will end with its 60th issue

you got a better idea???​

From 2007 to 2012, one of the most critically acclaimed series in the comics industry was Scalped, a thrilling neo-noir about intrigue and organized crime within a Native American community. It ended after 60 issues, but like so many comics stories, it's getting a second shot at life on the screen.

WGN America has reportedly ordered a pilot for a TV adaptation of Scalped, and the creators appear to be leaning toward having a cast comprised entirely of Native Americans. The series — written by Jason Aaron, drawn by R.M. Guéra, and published by DC Entertainment's Vertigo imprint — got a fair bit of criticism for its depiction of decay and depravity in the world of a reservation, but it also regularly topped best-of lists and made a star out of Aaron, who is now one of the hottest scribes in the business.

The pilot will be penned by Banshee's Doug Jung. This isn't the only genre-fiction pilot WGN has asked for — they've also commissioned one for Roadside Picnic, an adaptation of a beloved Soviet-era Russian sci-fi novel about life on Earth after a brief alien visitation.

 

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Banshee connection I'm sold

You already know

 

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WGN's Scalped Casts Suicide Squad Alum Alex Meraz as Series Lead

Looks like WGN America is moving quickly to turn DC/Vertigo comic Scalped into its next TV hit. The network has announced that actor Alex Meraz has been cast as the lead actor in the pilot.


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Meraz will play Dashiell Bad Horse, who returns to the reservation after being estranged for many years. He quickly earns favor with Oglala Tribal Council president Lincoln Red Crow as a member of his Tribal Police Force, but Bad Horse has his own agenda that will inevitably pit him against Red Crow and his casino operation... as well as his own family. Meraz joins Lily Gladstone, who was recently cast as Red Crow’s daughter, Carol.

Alex Meraz, seen here yelling at Bella. Courtesy Summit Entertainment
Meraz was recently seen in Suicide Squad as Seal Team A squad member Gomez, but he’s better known for his role as Paul, one of the werewolves in the Twilight series. Meraz, a First Nation descendant of the Purepecha (Tarasco) Nation and of mixed Lakota descent, will be the first Native American lead on a major television show in recent history.