It’s amazing how fast somebody’s star can rise. Just over 12 months ago, nobody really knew who Sam Worthington was, but since then he’s starred in movies that have grossed over $3.5 billion at cinemas worldwide. Very quickly that’s given him a lot of movie star clout, and as a result he’s set up his own production company, Full Clip Productions, which has just entered an imprint deal with Radical Publishing, to help create graphic novels and then develop films based on the best of them.
The press release Radical sent us announcing the deal says that, ‘Full Clip Productions, the company headed by actor Sam Worthington and his partners Michael Schwarz and [fellow Aussie actor] John Schwarz, will develop intellectual property to be produced under the Radical banner. Worthington and John Schwarz will star in the film adaptations of select projects.
‘The first project in development under the imprint is [the graphic novel] Damaged, created by John Schwarz and Michael Schwarz, and written by Eisner Award winner David Lapham (Stray Bullets), the story centers on two brothers committed to justice in different ways one inside the law, one violently beyond it. Now, with the end of their careers approaching, they must train their replacements, hoping to remake each in their image. But the vigilante code has changed and the brothers are left unprepared for the true lawlessness and corruption that is about to be unleashed. Fans can learn more about Damaged when they visit Radical’s San Diego Comic-Con Booth #3735.’
It seems Radical and Worthington must have struck up a good relationship while he worked on adapting their graphic novel The Last Days Of American Crime, which he’s attached to star in. However the company isn’t just interested in the Avatar star, as they’re keen to see many of their top title of the screen, with Ron Howard working on Legends, and Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski working on an adaptation of Oblivion.