Sean Buckley, Owner and Executive Producer, Buck Productions announced that industry heavyweight Patrice Théroux has joined ReincarNATE, a TV series based on the popular comic books by writer Michael Moreci and illustrator Keith Burns.
The project is currently in development at Buck Productions. Théroux joins Buckley as Executive Producer, while up-and-comer James Cooper who directed Interview with a Time Traveler and Elijah the Prophet, developed the adaptation and wrote the pilot. ReincarNATE marks one of the first projects that Théroux has attached himself to since departing eOne.
Moreci is a megastar in the comic world, having penned ReincarNATE, Roche Limit, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, as well as Hoax Hunters, which is currently being developed into a feature film. Based on the popularity of Moreci’s outstanding body of work, Heavy Metal is re-releasing the ReincarNATE trade paperback, including all four issues of the series, for fans in November 2024 and a brand new series of ReincarNATE comics is set for release next year.
“I was taken by the graphic novel and the wild imagination of Moreci,” said Patrice Théroux. “It’s a perfect blend of a detective serial and the supernatural, but steeped in great characters and a visually rich world. It’s a great mix of Gotham and The Sixth Sense.”
“Having Patrice join this project was the missing piece to the puzzle,” said Sean Buckley, Owner, Buck Productions. “With Patrice’s experience in the international market and genre projects being so hot right now, not to mention Michael’s amazingly rich story and James’ adaptation, we now have the team that can take ReincarNATE to the next level.”
ReincarNATE is a one hour crime drama focused on down-on-his-luck Private Eye Nate McCoy. After being shot in the head during an investigation, Nate gains the ability to interact with versions of himself from past lives; Jameson, a wild west lawman, and Alan, a contract killer from the 1960s. With their help, Nate takes on the dangerous underworld, crooked cops, and scumbags, including El Panda; a criminal heavyweight who may have been responsible for the murder of his father.
Michael Moreci and ReincarNATE are represented by Jason Yarn Literary Agency.
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