Michael Marshall's crime thriller novel and Zenescope's comic book adaptation will be transformed onto the silver screen with the same name, The Straw Men. The rights have been bought by Benderspink, a production company.Variety: Benderspick Gets Straw Men (November 30, 2008) The horror novel follows seemingly separate stories with the exception that they all have something to do with "The Straw Men" as they are called in the novel.Variety: Benderspick Gets Straw Men (November 30, 2008) No official commitment for cast or director and producer has been announced.Cinematical: Benderspick Attacking Straw Men (December 1, 2008)
Plot Summary
More than sixty eight people are gunned down in a small town in Pennsylvania at a crowded food restaurant by two men.Newsarama: The Straw Men (July 16, 2008) The killers are concise and they are calm even as they reload.Newsarama: The Straw Men (July 16, 2008) In California a teenage girl is kidnapped by a serial killer. He is on top of the list that has two FBI agents on a mission to find him.Newsarama: The Straw Men (July 16, 2008) Ten years in the future, a son is convinced that his parent's deaths were no accident.Newsarama: The Straw Men (July 16, 2008) The three storylines seems unrelated but they all intersect at The Straw Men, a group of dangerous killers.Newsarama: The Straw Men (July 16, 2008)
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Film adaptation of horror thriller novels and comic books
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Novel wrote by Michael Marshall
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Published in 2002
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Comic books published by Zenescope Entertainment
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No cast, director or producer have been attached to projectCinematical: Benderspick Attacking Straw Men (December 1, 2008)
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The Straw Men as a novel gained support by the likes of Stephen King and Publisher's WeeklyCinematical: Benderspick Attacking Straw Men (December 1, 2008)
