Atlas Entertainment and Ghost Machine have made a deal for a feature film adaptation of Redcoat, the comic series written by Geoff Johns(Aquaman, The Flash). Redcoat’s debut issue in April 2024 was an instant sellout, and the ongoing series has since been a bestseller for Ghost Machine and publishing partner Image Comics. The film will be scripted by Johns, based on a story by Johns and Hitch.
Producing are Charles Roven and Alex Gartner for Atlas Entertainment.
After a British deserter mistakenly gains immortality during the American Revolution, he is forced to face his cowardly past and fight against a sinister plot to destroy America. Reminiscent of the bombastic historical action in Pirates of the Caribbean and Indiana Jones, Redcoat pulls back the curtain of American History to tell the legend of the unknown hero. The comics are illustrated by Bryan Hitch (The Ultimates), colored by Brad Anderson, and lettered by Rob Leigh.
“All great franchises are built on great characters and Redcoat’s Simon Pure is one of them,” Gartner said. “Funny, charismatic, and lovably roguish, he anchors the IP fantastically.”
Said Roven: “I have known Geoff Johns for many years and in some cases had a front row seat to his excellent work in the DC world. Johns and Hitch have formed a brilliant collaboration as writer and illustrator of the Redcoat comics, which have become a top-selling fan favorite. Redcoat is innovative comic material and ripe to become a tentpole.”
Founded in October 2023, Ghost Machine is the first-of-its-kind creator-owned and operated media company which generates, adapts, and controls its fully owned universes of original characters and stories. Beyond Johns’ Redcoat, his comic work for Ghost Machine includes the post-apocalyptic western Geiger and the sci-fi Rook: Exodus.
Roven won the Best Picture Oscar for Oppenheimer, and he and Gartner are producing the Amazon MGM Studios films Mercy, starring Chris Pratt, Rebecca Ferguson, Kali Reis and Annabelle Wallis for early 2026, and are in production on the Michael B. Jordan-directed reimagining of The Thomas Crown Affair for 2027 and the sequel to the Road House reboot with Jake Gyllenhaal reprising for an Amazon Prime Video release.
From Deadline.com