EXCLUSIVE: Comic book Proof is being turned into a TV series at Fox.
The network is developing a supernatural crime procedural based on the Image Comics property.
The book, which was created by Alex Grecian and Riley Rossmo, pairs two unlikely heroes together – disgruntled FBI Agent-in-Training Ginger Rodriguez and John “Proof” Prufrock, a jazz-loving Bigfoot – to protect the world from Cryptids: obscure creatures whose existence has yet to be proven. While these two start out as a surprising duo, they strike up an unlikely friendship, partnership, and even potential romance as they help save the world side by side.
The series adaptation comes from Cory Goodman and Jeremy Lott, who previously sold a supernatural feature based on IDW graphic novel Lore to Warner Bros. with Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson attached.
The pair will write the one-hour drama, which is produced by Fox Entertainment Studios, with Westbrook Studios’ Terence Carter and David Boorstein exec producing alongside them as well as Aperture Entertainment’s Adam Goldworm. Grecian is a producer.
It’s been described as a cross between The X-Files and Men In Black. The comic book series launched in October 2007 and ran for 28 issues through 2010.
Westbrook Studios, which is repped by CAA, is behind series including Peacock’s Bel-Air and Netflix’s Cobra Kai on the TV side.
The development project comes as Fox is gearing up for next season, where it has three new dramas launching: Rescue HI-Surf, Murder in a Small Town and Doc. It also has Matt Nix’s State Patrol (w/t), which has been heating up for a pickup.
Earlier this month, Fox CEO Rob Wade laid out his strategy, including producing more shows via its Fox Entertainment Studios division and searching for more “sexy rebels”.
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