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Indie comic publisher Black Mask Studios published the series Calexit, which took its cue from current events as inspiration for its stories. The title first hit shelves back in 2017 and tackled such hot-button topics like immigration, which made it a big seller. The property went through seven printings and launched spinoffs, including Calexit: All Systems San Diego and Calexit: Our Last Night in America. While the timing of these particular stories coincide with news, a new story starts this week with Calexit: The Battle of Universal City, which was written by Black Mask’s Matteo Pizzolo and drawn by Carlos Granda.

The Hollywood Reporter is now saying in an exclusive that Chad Stahelski, director of the John Wick franchise, is set to bring an adaptation to the big screen. He is only on board as a producer as of now, since Stahelski is seemingly still concentrating on remaking Highlander. Alex Young and Jason Spitz,...

Calexit, the seemingly ripped-from-the-headlines comic from indie publisher Black Mask Studios, may be taking the idea of the California Resistance to the big screen.

Chad Stahelski, the filmmaker behind the John Wick movies, is attached to produce a feature adaptation of the comic.

Alex Young and Jason Spitz, Stahelski’s cohorts at 87Eleven Entertainment, will also produce as well of Matteo Pizzolo, Brett Gurewitz and Brian Giberson of Black Mask. The project is not yet set up at a studio or streamer.

Pizzolo, who is Black Mask’s co-founder and president and who co-created the comic, wrote the script on spec.

The story is set in a near (and eerily familiar) future where America’s president signed an executive order to deport all immigrants, with California responding by proclaiming itself a sanctuary state. As the citizens of the state struggle to seize power back from an autocratic government, the story centers on Jamil,...