Jessica Chastain is the new Painkiller Jane

[Aragorn]

Complete Deadline article here:

Jessica Chastain is set to star in and produce Painkiller Jane, from the self-titled graphic novel series written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada.

Chastain, no stranger to playing tough female roles, will play Jane Vasko, a New York City street cop who gets recruited by the FBI to infiltrate a major NYC drug and human trafficking ring. In a near death experience, Jane develops exceptional regenerative abilities that give her a unique indestructible advantage. With nothing to live for and no way to die, Painkiller Jane becomes an unstoppable force of nature seeking revenge to those who destroyed her life as she leaves a path of death and destruction in her wake.

Anyone remember this awful show on SyFy? It was like a cheap version of an already-cheap Heroes mixed with a little Birds of Prey.

Originally it was a TV movie starring Emmanuelle Vaugier which was a backdoor pilot for a series, but when it got picked up they discarded the movie and started all over again with Kristanna Loken.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

Just as being a rapper seems a good way to get your foot in the door to be a Hollywood actor it would seem that writing a comic is a good way for writers to get their material made into TV and movies.

 

[Tosk]

Rhymes.