Hack/Slash Finds Director

[The Butcher]

Commercial director Fredrik Bond has come aboard to direct "Hack/Slash," Rogue's adaptation of a cult horror comic book.

Alexandra Milchan, Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter are producing.

"Hack/Slash," created by Tim Seeley and Stefano Caselli, centers on Cassie Hack, a woman who symbolizes the lone girl who survives at the end of every horror movie.

Hack not only survived, she has become a killer of killers and travels to small towns across the country hunting slashers in the vein of "Halloween's" Michael Myers, "Friday the 13th's" Jason Voorhees and "A Nightmare on Elm Street's" Freddy Krueger. She is partnered on her journey with Vlad, a hulking companion who serves as her protector.

The project, with a current script by Justin Marks, has seen several directors come and go, but looks to be finally ready to bust out of the gate. Relativity needs to get its Rogue apparatus in motion and "Hack/Slash" fits the bill of the kind of fare it's looking for.

A winter start is being eyed.

Bond is attached to direct "The Host," a remake of the South Korean monster movie, as well as "The Hunger" at Warners. He repped by CAA and Management 360.

[Homicide]

One of my favorite comics, if you haven't seen it you're missing out, even if you're not big on comics go pick up the trades, you won't regret it. That being said I'll be waiting very apprehensively to see how this turns out...

[The Butcher]

I'm glad someone commented on this.

Yeah, I love this comic as well. I was just looking for it on i-tunes the other day. No luck though. But electronic comic books rock!

Hasn't this movie been in the works for years now? I remember interviewing the writer Tim Seeley about this like four years ago.