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Psychopomp – Children of Men producer like this mad killer Leave a comment »Psychopomp is a script by Blake Leibel. It is also the name of the title character. Heat Vision describe the character as:

A foul-mouthed anti-hero who roams international hot spots with state-of-the art weapons and technology with the aim of destroying those who violate his code. The script has been described as having tones similar to “A Clockwork Orange” and “The Dark Knight.”

Hilary Shor, one of the producers behind “Children of Men,” has optioned the script.

Unsurprisingly, it will also be developed as a graphic novel.

“This is the evil twin of the ‘Children of Men” future world Alfonso created,” said Shor. “A lot of material I’m best known for developing is ‘weighty,’ for lack of a better word, but this really appealed to me. It’s the graphic novel world and something I’ve been interested in exploring.”

I do like comics, but the whole name and synopsis remind me of a bad Image comic from the Nineties. You know what I mean, big guns, silly costume with lots of pouches, insane action and wafer thin plot.

It is too early to judge though. That is just my initial reaction to the limited info. It could well end up being brilliant.

A quick search on the word Psychopomp gives this info:

Psychopomps (from the Greek word ψυχοπομπός (psychopompos), literally meaning the “guide of souls”) are creatures, spirits, angels, or deities in many religions whose responsibility is to escort newly deceased souls to the afterlife. Their role is not to judge the deceased, but simply provide safe passage.

In Jungian psychology, the psychopomp is a mediator between the unconscious and conscious realms. It is symbolically personified in dreams as a wise man or woman, or sometimes as a helpful animal. In many cultures, the shaman also fulfills the role of the psychopomp.