Robert Kirkman and Lee Daniels Teaming Up For Superhero Film Stealth

The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman is teaming with Lee Daniels for a film adaptation of the upcoming Image comic Stealth. Deadline reports that Universal Pictures is teaming with Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment for a film based on the comic, which will release its first issue through Skybound on March 11th, 2020.

The comic book is written by Mike Costa with art by by Nate Bellegarde and Tamra Bonvillain on colors. The comic is described as follows:

For decades, Stealth has waged war on crime in Detroit, but now he’s taken his pursuit of justice too far. Only reporter Tony Barber knows that behind Stealth’s reckless behavior is an older man battling Alzheimer’s—his father. A father unwilling to accept that he’s no longer the hero this city needs… with enemies all too eager to force his retirement.

Daniels will direct the film, with Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (Iron Man) writing the film.