Syfy moving forward with comic book show from the Russo brothers

By Sam Barsanti | September 27, 2017 | 9:36pm

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Joe and Anthony Russo are big names in the world of comic book adaptations thanks to their work on the Captain America movies and Avengers: Infinity War, but they’re taking a break from Marvel for a new comic book show on Syfy. According to Deadline, the Russos are now executive producing an adaptation of Deadly Class, a series from Image Comics by Rick Remender and Wes Craig. The show was first put into development last year, but now Syfy has picked it up and ordered a pilot.

Deadline says the story is a “coming of age journey set against the backdrop of late-’80s counter culture,” and it’s about a teen who gets recruited into a high school for assassins. Naturally, that means this aspiring teen assassin must then navigate the difficulties of “a ruthless curriculum, vicious social cliques, and his own adolescent uncertainties.”