A New Twist In Comic Book Adaptations

Posted Thursday, June 21, 2001 at 11:58 AM Central

by John Couture

Last year's X-Men was a phenomenal success and paved the way for the flood of comic books that are quickly being turned into Hollywood movies. But here's a development with a twist.

The comic book Gene Pool was recently picked up and put into development. What's that? You've never heard of the comic book Gene Pool? Well, that's because it doesn't exist yet. Apparently, the creators were pitching the book to a number of comics companies and one of them decided that it would make a great idea for a movie.

What happened to the comic book? No one seems to know, but you can be sure that it will arrive in plenty of time for the opening of the movie...