Circle of Confusion, the production company seemingly kicking ass at bringing The Walking Dead to AMC, has revealed it is also adapting Chew, the comics series written by John Layman. Anyone who’s been reading it can probably tell how it could be a fantastic show on cable or premium television, mixing police procedural elements, sci-fi/supernatural concepts and a whole lot of wacky mythology. Oh, and it’s often really funny. Deadline also reports that Stephen Hopkins is set to executive produce the series and direct the pilot. He’s previously done pilots for 24, Californication and The Unusuals along with movies like Lost in Space, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers and The Reaping. As of now there’s no word on where the show would potentially air.
Here’s the blurb for Chew: Vol. 1:
Tony Chu is a detective with a secret. A weird secret. Tony Chu is Cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eats. It also means he’s a hell of a detective, as long as he doesn’t mind nibbling on the corpse of a murder victim to figure out whodunit, and why. He’s been brought on by the Special Crimes Division of the FDA, the most powerful law enforcement agency on the planet, to investigate their strangest, sickest, and most bizarre cases.
If you’re wondering how the FDA became so powerful, Chew takes place in a universe where the avian flu killed millions of people, which leads to the FDA having to enforce a prohibition on chicken. Of course, there might be more to this than meets the eye.
I’ll also join in with many others and ask for Ken Leung (Miles from Lost) to be cast as Tony Chu. It’s just so perfect.
