Olson Tapped To Adapt Monster Manga
New Line Cinema has tapped Josh Olson (A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE) to adapt Naoki Urasawas best-selling manga series, MONSTER, into a live-action feature, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. In addition, Olson will write a treatment for a sequel, which he would also write.
The psychological thriller tells the tale of a young doctor who saves the life of a little boy only to find out years later that the boy was a brilliant killer. MONSTER has already been adapted into an animated TV series and spawned an 18-volume manga series, which have sold more than 25 million copies in Japan, and has a strong following in Asia and Europe.
Neil Kaplan, Pen Densham and John Watson of Trilogy Ent. are producing. Shogakukan Inc., the mangas publisher, is exec producing. Production execs Cale Boyter and Magnus Kim are shepherding the film for New Line.