Valiant's Bloodshot Film Reportedly Lands A Director

This weekend, comic book fans from around the nation have gathered at Emerald City Comic Con to celebrate all things geek. A slew of familiar faces and publishers have hosted panels at the event, but Valiant's stands as one of the most anticipated of the day. The publisher's event took time to talk both comics and films as Valiant Entertainment is hard at work on a slew of feature films. And, according to audience members, the company also took time to say who'd be directing their Bloodshot film.

During Valiant's panel, screenwriter Eric Heisserer and Dinesha Shamdasani said Bloodshot has tapped a director. Dave Wilson is reportedly set to make his feature-length directorial debut with Bloodshot. As the head of Valiant Entertainment, Shamdasani stressed a release date for Bloodshot would be in flux until further progress was made on the film. If things go as planned, the executive said a more concrete date could be announced as soon as this summer.

If you are not familiar with Wilson's work, then you likely have not paired his name with his numerous projects. As a visual effects visionary, Wilson has worked on films like Avengers: Age of Ultron with Blur Studios.The artist has since started to explore directing in the video game industry as Wilson has helmed several promotional trailers. Games like BioShock Infinite, Star Wars: The Old Republic, and Mass Effect 2 have all been touched by his work. And, most recently, the visual effects overseers worked with director Tim Miller to help bring Deadpool to life for the mutant's solo film.

Published by Valiant, the Bloodshot comic follows its eponymous lead who is a former soldier gifted hi-tech regenerations powers. Bloodshot was subjected to tests which made him into an ultimate soldier as his blood was filled with powerful nanites, giving him the ability to heal, harness technopathy skills, and even shape shift. However, Bloodshot comes to resent the procedures and vows to get revenge on those who turned him into the man he has become.

If you're curious about how Bloodshot will feel, then you should read this interview with Dinesh Shamdasani. The CEO of Valiant Entertainment said, "The Bloodshot film has more in common with Terminator and Robocop and Total Recall, than it does superhero fare. [It has] a superhero at the center of it, but all of the other iconography, the tropes, the conventions the trappings of the film are in a different genre than I think people would expect from Bloodshot."

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