A couple of days ago it was reported that rising comedy star Danny McBride (Pineapple Express, The Foot Fist Way) is going to be starring in an adaptation of the not-yet-released 64-page black-and-white graphic novel entitled Hench.

The rights were acquired by Warner Bros. and they plan to develop the project as a “comic-book comedy” as a star vehicle for McBride. The script is to be co-written by McBride himself alongside HBO Eastbound and Down buddy Shawn Harwell.

As mentioned, the graphic novel has yet to come out yet, but since it was snapped up so fast it seems that WB and McBride think it’s something pretty special and more than worth putting their creative time and energy into.

When the news was first reported, the synopsis for the film version read – “McBride will play a football player who suffers a career-ending injury and needs a job. He [then] signs on as henchman to a successful villain.”

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