Samuel Bayer Directing an Adaptation of Graphic Novel 'Tumor'« FirstShowing.net

With the mediocre remake ofA Nightmare on Elm Streetin his rear view mirror and a forthcoming sequel already in the works, directorSamuel Bayeralready has an eye on moving out of the horror genre. In a report about the launch of a new company called Red Crown Productions,Varietysays the new banner already has a frontrunner for its first project with an adaptation ofJoshua Hale's graphic novelTumor, which premiered at Comic-Con this past summer. Apparently Bayer is already attached to direct the story of a failed private detective who suffers from an inoperable brain tumor that causes time-bending hallucinations.

Apparently the graphic novel was the first created for release on Amazon's digital readerThe Kindle, so if you feel like picking it up right away, here's the official plot synopsis to help you decide:

Self-characterized“sad sack of shit” Frank Armstrong is an off-the-books PI, semi-retired. In his favored beanery one day, a strong-arm materializes in Frank’s booth with a job offer: find the boss’ daughter, who stole from him to elope with her boyfriend. Then Frank’s bad headache suddenly knocks extrahard, scaring even the muscle across from him. Soon enough, he’s in the hospital with a metastasizing brain tumor. But the daughter looks just like the wife he lost 20 years ago, blown away by her father as Frank fears this girl will be. With the girl’s help, he crashes out of the hospitaland keeps her moving for her own safety while he figures out how to put her completely out of danger. Meanwhile, the tumor has Frank thinking the girl is his wife and scrambles his sense of past and present.

Sounds like quite an interesting project, and if Bayer's direction of sequences taking place simultaneously in the real world and the dream world A Nightmare on Elm Street are any indicator, then he should have fun with this time scrambling plot element. I'm still waiting for him to really move out of his music video roots with a real film rather than a sloppy horror remake. The project sounds like quite a different endeavor for producer Daniela Taplin Lundberg who has worked on films likeThe Kids Are All RightandGrace is Gone, but I'm definitely interested so far.How about you?

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