Witchblade

It has been a long time since any word on the "Witchblade" movie has come out, but finally some news from Matt Hawkins, who works at Top Cow, the company that publishes the Witchblade comics.

According to MTV News:

"Witchblade," the long-running Top Cow property created by Marc Silvestri and Michael Turner, has enjoyed a celebrated comic book run for the past two decades and has even seen anime and live-action television adaptations — but as the Splash Page archives will tell you, there’s been very little movement on a big screen version of the sultry comic book heroine.

Newsarama sat down with Top Cow’s Matt Hawkins to figure out why it is that Sara Pezzini and her scantily-clad but nonetheless mystical armor has veered away from movie theaters. According to Hawkins, it’s not for lack of trying — they just don’t have the right material to work with yet.

“We simply do not yet have a script yet that we all like,” revealed Hawkins. “We had a window to go into production that has clearly passed but the project is very much alive and kicking. I don’t think I’ll lay out any dates at this point given the delays but we’re in the process of working with a new writer.”

Hawkins’ comments indicate that Top Cow is treating their long-running franchise with the TLC it deserves — a notion that’s refreshing as many other studios are accused of pushing projects into development just for the sake of achieving comic book box office numbers, regardless of the film’s quality. Hawkins said that this is something that he’s keenly avoiding.

“Ultimately ‘Witchblade’ is a very important project for Top Cow and to date we’ve had successful and critically lauded turns in both live action TV and anime,” he explained. “We’d rather there not be a live-action film than have one we’re not proud of and 100-percent behind.”

And while “Witchblade” has yet to hit theaters, that’s not to say that it won’t get off the ground anytime soon.

“Best case [scenario], we could go into production by the end of the year but that’s overly optimistic with no script at this point,” Hawkins said. “We’re working on it. I should follow my own advice and not give dates on stuff, but if we had a script that we all liked we had the financing to make the film in that window. We still have all the elements for production with the money being the most crucial, but we need a script!”

(MTV News)

I hope they start working on the script soon otherwise this film will just continue to sit there and probably never get made.

More news to come! Catch ya' later!