Monday, March 2, 2009
Top Cow’s Comic Aphrodite IX Heads to Big Screen as 3D Feature
The Top Cow comic book series Aphrodite IX is being adapted for the big screen as a 3D feature by Threshold Entertainment and Top Cow Productions (blog).
Aphrodite IX - Aphrodite IX is a self-aware android designed to carry out undercover missions of infiltration and assassination. Although she has been trained to kill, Aphrodite IX retains no memory of her actions; her brain is designed to experience an episode of amnesia at the end of each mission, apparently to protect her masters if not herself. The character’s appearance is her trademark: kelly-green makeup and hair (including an oversized spot on one cheek), form-fitting outfits ringed with ammo belts, thigh-high lug soled boots. She typically carries a very large knife on her belt and one or more large guns.
“This is just the kind of franchise we love” said Threshold’s Larry Kasanoff. “This is a visually stunning world, amazing effects, a great story and a hot, kick-ass babe in the lead”.
In 2008 Top Cow had their comic book series Wanted, created by Mark Millar and JG Jones in 2003, adapted into a Universal Pictures feature starring actress Angelina Jolie, grossing $339 million worldwide.
