Its debut last year was the buzz of the comic strip industry. Now in its second year, Mark Tatulli's Lio is making headlines once again, as Variety reports that the wildly popular dark comic strip is being optioned for a live-action feature film! Producer David Kirschner, whose credits include the "American Tail" and "Curious George" films, will bring Lio to life with the help of producing partner Corey Sienega. Read all about it here.
Lio has been a huge hit since it debuted in 100+ newspapers in May 2006. Since then the strip's audience has grown to include the readership of 275+ newspapers all over the world. The first Lio collection, Happiness is a Squishy Cephalopod, was released in August.
does this mean tatulli won't have much input? also, will it remain true to the vision of "silent" animation?
Posted by: arod | October 26, 2007 at 06:01 PM
Such a great strip ... hope they can capture the voice of it.
Posted by: HTA | October 28, 2007 at 10:43 PM
I don't if holywood will alow a silent film... but you certainly can't capture the voice (That is, the voice you think the kid might have.)
Awesome strip though! I wish I had found out about it sooner.
Posted by: Calvin and hobbes rule | October 29, 2007 at 03:16 PM
"I don't *know*" and *hollywood*
Heh sorry about that.
Posted by: Calvin and hobbes rule | October 29, 2007 at 03:18 PM
Whoot! Good for Mr. Tatulli!
Excellent news.
Posted by: jenn | October 30, 2007 at 11:34 PM
This comic strip is so not funny. They should have Jim Carrey play the father, then I will go see this movie.
Posted by: Farmer Joe | November 03, 2007 at 08:05 AM
If you like Jim Carrey, it shows how bad your sense of humor is. It's a reverse endorsement of the strip. Nice going!
PS: It;s not 1995 anymore.
Posted by: TJ | November 04, 2007 at 01:56 AM
"will it remain true to the vision of "silent" animation?"
I hope so.
"If you like Jim Carrey, it shows how bad your sense of humor is. It's a reverse endorsement of the strip."
Yeah, "Lio" is the best and Jim Carrey is bad.
Posted by: Comics reader | November 04, 2007 at 07:47 PM
Another great property that'll probably get ruined by Hollywood. Here's hoping it remains faithful to the source material
Posted by: Mike S | November 13, 2007 at 03:13 PM
The facination with this poorly drawn, unfunny strip is surprising to me. I am not surprised that Hollywood is trying to make a movie about this. Hollywood has been out of ideas for years now and with this in concept they truly are grasping for the last straws
Posted by: Jim | December 03, 2007 at 06:06 PM
The facination with this poorly drawn, unfunny strip is surprising to me. I am not surprised that Hollywood is trying to make a movie about this. Hollywood has been out of ideas for years now and with this in concept they truly are grasping for the last straws
Posted by: Jim | December 03, 2007 at 06:08 PM
Way to let Hollywood have it, Jim! I don't think they'll ever recover once they've heard that YOU don't approve of their work. I wish you were the King of Hollywood!
Posted by: RandomGenius | December 04, 2007 at 12:03 PM
I believe you are mistakened mark tatulli's work is inspirational and beautiful. It is unique in my opinon and several others. I think you are just jealous and Hypocritical about it because you are not an artist, that for you don't understand the beauty of his work. I find it paethic that you think you are worthy to judge his work.
Posted by: DQ | April 15, 2008 at 10:26 AM