Your favorite comic book series about people whose orgasms lead to bank heists is coming to TV.
According to Deadline, married comic book collaborators Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick have signed a two-year deal with Universal TV to make some TV shows, including an adaptation of Image's acclaimed Sex Criminals comics.
If you're not familiar with Sex Criminals, here's the rundown from the back of one of the books:
“A SEX COMEDY FOR COMICS Suzie’s a normal girl with an extraordinary ability: when she has sex, she stops time. One night she meets John… who has the same gift. And so they do what any other sex-having, time-stopping, couple would do: they rob banks. In the vein of THE 40-YEAR OLD VIRGIN and BRIDESMAIDS, Image Comics invites you to come along with MATT FRACTION (Hawkeye, SATELLITE SAM) and CHIP ZDARSKY (Prison Funnies, Monster Cops) for the series that puts the ‘comic’ back in ‘comics’ and the ‘sexy’ back in ‘sex crimes.'”
It sounds like it would be great on a no-holds-barred premium cable service, but since Universal TV produces network shows (mostly for NBC), that's not going to happen. We'll have to wait and see how they get this one done.
By our count that's the second major comic book to TV announcement in the span of a week.
