Deadpool Creator Rob Liefeld’s Avengelyne Movie Lands at Paramount

Rob Liefeld has another creation heading to the big screen. The Deadpool creator, who trumpeted that Marvel Comics creation on its way to huge success for 20th Century Fox, has landed a creator-owned character, Avengelyne, at Paramount, with superstar producer Akiva Goldsman attached, Deadline reports.

A fallen angel, Avengelyne fights demons and monsters as a member of the Warhost of Heaven – think Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets John Wick and you have a decent idea of the vibe they’re focused on. She has great strength and miraculous (and weaponized) blood. The movie should be a pure actioner, something the producer of I Am Legend, The Losers, and upcoming Transformers movies (along with other Hasbro properties) shouldn’t have a problem with.

Rob Liefeld once eyed Gina Carano as Avengelyne, something that could very easily come up again, after she co-starred in Deadpool as the villainous Angel Dust. The actress, an alum of MMA fighting, has seen her acting stock rise with prominent roles in Fast and Furious 6 and Deadpool, and could be on the precipice of headlining a major project like this. She, nor any other actress, has actually been contacted or in any level of talks for the role, however.

A fallen angel, Liefeld has described Avengelyne as immensely “relatable” due to “her story of redemption.” The character was cast out of heaven after questioning God’s love for humanity, but still fights back the darkness in an effort to restore her status. “Her dilemma provides humor amidst the larger plot engine driving her journey.”

Goldsman’s schedule gets ever busier with this film, as he’s currently producing two films for 2017, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword with Warner Bros on March 24, 2017, and The Dark Tower, which got moved today from a February release to July 28, 2017, replacing Jumanji in that summer spot. He also has production credits on three upcoming Transformers films, as well as M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand, ROM, and Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, all five for Hasbro in conjunction with Paramount, who looks to keep the producer very busy in the coming years. He is also an accomplished screenwriter, but the announcement did not say anything about him working on the script for Avengelyne.

Another of Liefeld’s creations for Marvel Comics, Cable, is due to appear in Deadpool 2 in 2018, though that film is currently without a director or composer, as they’ve both recently left the project, having been attached after working on the first film. Avengelyne‘s comic book adventures have been published by Maximum Press, Awesome Entertainment, Avatar Press, Arcana Studio, and was most recently revived at Image Comics.