The ambitious plans included an acting role for Spanish artist Salvador Dalí, which would’ve paid him $100,000 an hour, and a movie with a total runtime of 14 hours. The story of Jodorowsky’s failed attempt at making Dune in the 1970s is captured in the 2013 documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune. The filmmaker, who has multiple projects in various stages of development, will direct an adaptation of Alejandro Jodorowsky and Mbius. “I was stunned to be given the opportunity to bring his iconic characters to life.” Taika Waititi is making the most of his moment in the sun. “The films and graphic novels of Alejandro Jodorowsky have influenced me and so many others for so long,” Waititi told Deadline. The more Difool learns of the object’s capabilities, the more he understands why others across the galaxy want it and realizes why he can’t let it fall into the wrong hands. The Incal follows a private investigator named John Difool, who finds a mysterious artifact known as the Incal that possesses mystical powers.
Also stoked to be teaming up again with and on this. In addition to directing, Waititi is writing the screenplay with Jemaine Clement and Peter Warren. For those who have never heard of it, this is the top-selling science fiction graphic novel in history. "It began as the adventures of a jackass named John Difool, and then it became something else-we called it The Incal - something that has transformed everything it's ever touched and continues to do so: its creators, the other artists who later became a part of John's journey, its publisher Humanoids and myself in the process, countless readers, writers and directors around the world, and soon, I believe, the great Taika Waititi himself and everyone who looks to him for inspiration," added Giger.I'm honoured to announce I’ll be bringing the maestro, the hero, the true creator, Alejandro Jodorowsky’s masterpiece THE INCAL to the big screen. Taika Waititi is adapting Alejandro Jodorowsky ’s best-selling graphic novel The Incal as a feature film.
"I fully trust Taika's creativity to give The Incal a stunning take, intimate and at the same time of cosmic proportions." "When Humanoids' CEO Fabrice Giger introduced me to Taika Waititi's work, it became obvious to me that he was the one," said Jodorowsky. The Incal, Alejandro Jodorowsky, and Mbius ' classic visionary Science Fiction graphic novel saga is going to be adapted into a movie by Taika Waititi. As Difool learns of the Incal's powers and purpose, he-along with a ragtag crew of unlikely cohorts-reluctantly embarks on what begins as an improbable mission to save the universe, and slowly becomes a spiritual journey examining the duality and meaning of existence. John Difool, who happens upon a mystical artifact known as the Incal-an object of great power coveted by many factions across the galaxy. Acclaimed filmmaker Taika Waititi has been tapped to write. The Incal is an epic space opera centered on shabby P.I. Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi has signed on to adapt Alejandro Jodorowsky's famous graphic novel The Incal for the big screen.
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