Summit has an "Alibi"

Riding high on the success of "New Moon" Summit Entertainment are lining up their next project according to Variety, this time entering into the comic book adaption genre.

Summit Entertainment, fresh off the success of "New Moon," has come onboard a feature version of Top Cow's comicbook "Alibi," with Mandeville toppers David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman producing.

Comicbook, published last year, centers on a well-known socialite whose public presence establishes a perfect alibi for the covert activity of his secret twin brother, a government assassin. Mandeville snapped up rights to the project shortly after Comic-Con (Daily Variety, Aug. 4).

Summit's attached John Hlavin to pen the script. He was recently hired to write the fourth installment of "Underworld" for Screen Gems and is developing his Western screenplay "Gunslinger" at Warner Bros.

Hlavin's also writing "Boston P.D.," a cop procedural produced by Don Cheadle under his Crescendo banner, for NBC. He was previously was a writer and story editor on "The Shield."

I imagine this will be aiming for the mid budget, R-rated action movie market and I think the concept is a cool twist on the government assassin, as always though director and casting will shape whether this becomes just another cool concept wasted or mined to it's full potential, the lead role in particular I think will attract a decent level of actor.