Keanu Reeves and Netflix have both found their next big action franchise. The streamer is turning Reeves’ Boom! Studios comic, BRZRKR, into a live-action movie. Not only that, but a sequel anime series is in the works, too.
BRZRKR’s first issue was published just this month, with the 12-issue series following the hyper-violent immortal berserker, who basically looks just like Reeves, over his 80,000-year life. In the present day he works for the government in exchange for finding out the secrets of his immortality and what it would take for him to finally die.
It sounds a lot like last year’s Netflix blockbuster, The Old Guard, which may explain their interest.
Reeves will play the title character not only in the live-action movie, but he’ll voice the anime series, as well.
BRZRKR was a gigantic hit for BOOM Studios, selling more than 615,000 copies. The comic was co-written by Reeves alongside Matt Kindt, and penciled by former X-Men artist Ron Garney.
No word on the creatives attached, but I expect that will change soon. [THR]
Exciting news! Netflix is developing a live action film AND follow-up anime series based on Keanu Reeves’ BRZRKR, a brutally epic saga about an immortal warrior’s 80,000 year fight through the ages. Reeves will produce and star in the film, and voice the anime. pic.twitter.com/RVWEuBCXTJ
— NX (@NXOnNetflix) March 22, 2021
