DreamWorks has acquired Roundtable, a new action comedy spec script from comic book and LOST scribe Brian K Vaughn. The story for Roundtable revolves around “Merlin assembling a bunch of modern-day knights to battle a resurrected ancient evil, only to discover that today’s knights are all washed-up athletes, cowardly scientists or Academy Award-winning actors.” Apparently it’s an update to the classic King Arthur legend, described as more Ghostbusters than Excalibur. Sounds like an incredibly strange concept if you ask me, but Vaughn has earned my faith.
His Y: The Last Man is the greatest comic book series ever created. It’s very accessible, if you don’t like comic books I highly m you pick up the first trade paperback at Barnes and Nobles - You’ll be hooked. His other comic books, Ex Machina, Runaways, and Pride of Baghdad, have all been highly acclaimed. Y: The Last Man and Runaways are both being developed into big screen films. Recently he’s been working as a writer and co-producer on the hit television show LOST.
source: THR
June 5th, 2008 at 3:11 am
Roundtable sounds very funny from what was in this report and I can’t wait to read or see this. Anyone know of a release date for the comic/book.
Y:The Last Man is the next book that I am going to read because it sounds very good.
June 5th, 2008 at 3:30 am
Chris: Roundtable is in original spec screenplay by Vaughn, and isn’t connected with a comic book (at least as far as we know). But yes, please go pick up Y: The Last Man Volume 1!
June 5th, 2008 at 3:46 am
Thanks very much i am looking at the Y: The Last Man Series and then graphic Novels arent out till July here in the UK so i will be there
June 5th, 2008 at 5:46 am
I never read past Y Volume 1, but I really enjoyed it.
Thanks for motivating me to continue the series before it hits the big screen. What an awesome movie that’ll make!
June 5th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Thanks for the barnes and noble plug. Come by comic books from us!
June 5th, 2008 at 9:13 am
PREACHER > Y: THE LAST MAN
June 5th, 2008 at 9:45 am
Through odd circumstances I have every issue of Y: The Last Man besides 55 so I’m looking forward to picking up the final trade on June 10th and finally reading the ending. Ex Machina and Runaways are also two excellent Vaughan titles worth picking up.
Brian K. Vaughan’s comics are always well written and paced and his episodes of Lost are among my favorites so I’m more than excited for any of his projects.
June 6th, 2008 at 12:33 am
The guy has an excellent sense of humor and an even superior way of writing it. As a complete Vaughan devotee, I’m simply stoked on it becuase it’s him.
June 6th, 2008 at 8:20 am
can we all learn how to spell Vaughan please
(props to bigmansmallmouth)
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