More comic book adaption news today, this time for for the Dark Horse comic series ‘R.I.P.D.’, penned by Peter Lenkov. The new supernatural tale of the undead police department is already set to star ‘Buried’s ‘Ryan Reynolds’ and today news is that funny man Zach Galifianakis (‘The Hangover’) is in talks to join him. The Universal project to be helmed by ‘Red’ director Robert Schwentke. Check out the synopsis below.
“Welcome to the Rest in Peace Department–the devoted, yet dead, officers of divine law enforcement “patrolling the deadbeat … reporting to one boss.” Yep–THAT boss. Nick Cruz died an untimely death at the height of his personal and professional life. Why did he join the R.I.P.D.? Well, not knowing the identity of his killer has left his soul a bit … restless. Now he hunts some of the most fiendish creatures, hoping for the chance to find out who set him up so he can get into heaven.”
Zach Galifianakis To Get ‘R.I.P.D.’?
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