Boom Studios' Lumberjanes is being made into a big-screen feature film.
What's Lumberjanes? It's a comic book created by women, written and drawn by women, and starring an all-female cast. The Lumberjanes are a group of five girls at a scouting summer camp ("...for Hardcore Lady Types") who find all sorts of strange supernatural creatures around their camp and set out to discover what's going on. Its tone is described as "Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Gravity Falls," and each issue is published with quirky bits like a sash with the latest scout badges earned by the main characters on the back page, and a mixtape track listing to go with the issue.
Lumberjanes launched in 2014 as an eight-issue miniseries, but it was promoted to an ongoing series when it garnered strong sales figures and critical acclaim. Just last month, it was nominated for two Eisner Awards, in the "Best New Series" and "Best Publication for Teams" categories. Winners will be announced at San Diego Comic-Con International in July.
TheWrap brings the news about the Lumberjanes film, but fails to mention if it's being planned as a live-action adaptation, or animation. The screenplay is being written by Will Widger, based on the comic book by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters and Brooke Allen. 20th Century Fox is producing.
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