Junji Ito works continue to draw attention and now the Quibi service that I’ve been doing my best to avoid paying attention to has tossed their hat in the ring. The company has announced a live-action adaptation of Tomie and cast Adeline Rudolph in the lead title role. The project has Alexandre Aja writing it with David Leslie Johns-McGoldrick. It’s expected that Johnson-McGoldrick will direct it with Sony Pictures TV and Universal Cable Productions handling the production.
Viz Media currently holds the rights to the manga and it was previously released in North America by ComicsOne.
Plot concept: Horror manga master Junji Ito’s long-awaited debut series, Tomie, returns in a new, deluxe omnibus hardcover edition! Tomie Kawakami is a femme fatale with long black hair and a beauty mark just under her left eye. She can seduce nearly any man, and drive them to murder as well, even though the victim is often Tomie herself. While one lover seeks to keep her for himself, another grows terrified of the immortal succubus. But soon they realize no matter how many times they kill her, the world will never be free of Tomie.
