Universal and Imagine nab rights to ‘H.P. Lovecraft’ Graphic Novel

Love horror? Love graphic novels? Love movies? It’s been a while since we’ve had a new movie based off the twisted works of H.P. Lovecraft, but that time is soon coming to a close, maybe. Lovecraft was one of the most influential writers of horror and his material is extremely dark and sinister, having spawned movies like ‘From Beyond’, ‘Re-Animator’ and ‘The Dunwich Horror’… not to mention countless others.

Universal and Imagine are developing an adaptation of the graphic novel ‘The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft’ which will hit bookstores on April 8, 2009. The book is published by Image Comics and was created by Mac Carter and Jeff Blitz. Carter will also write the script.

…book borrows elements from Lovecraft’s life, such as his family’s struggle with mental illness and his own bouts with writer’s block, and transforms the young writer’s darkest nightmares into reality when he comes across a book that puts a curse on him and lets the evils he conjures up loose on the world. — Variety

Sounds really cool and I may even consider picking up the graphic novel. What I’m concerned about though is that the studio picked up the project as a potential directing gig for Ron Howard. Don’t get me wrong, Howard is a decent filmmaker, but this doesn’t seem like the right project for him.

[source: Variety]