Dave McKean gets his mitts on S.F. Said's VARJAK PAW!!!
Published at: March 9, 2006, 3:14 a.m. CST by staff
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with news of yet another book property being picked up. We've had CELL, THE SPARROW, BLACK HOLE and many more announced in the last week or so and we have one more after this, another Stephen King connection. As an illustrator Dave McKean did art for King's Fourth Dark Tower book, WIZARD & GLASS, but film fans will know him as the director of MIRRORMASK.
Again working with the Jim Henson Co. McKean will adapt the book VARJAK PAW along with author S.F. Said. The story follows a Mesopotamian blue kitten who goes on a journey to save his family and along the way discovers he is part of a "mystical tradition of magical martial arts." Yep, Kung Fu Kitty. Henson Co. also optioned the second book in the line, THE OUTLAW VARJAK PAW.
McKean loves him fantastical stories about a young family member going out to save the adult family members, no? Given his visual style I'm gonna stay optimistic about this one. Even if it fails completely, it'll at least be different than the average family crap that is churned out every weekend.
