Writer/director Richard Kelly ("Donnie Darko") today announced that some much anticipated prequel graphic novels to his upcoming science-fiction thriller "Southland Tales" will be released within the first quarter of 2006.
Kelly's Darko Entertainment along with Kevin Smith's View Askew Productions will publish these six separate 100 page graphic novels, each written by Kelly, that will lead-up to the feature film's release as the final chapter.
In addition, Kelly officially announced that Simon Theory is the character name of actor Kevin Smith, who will play a legless Iraqi war veteran in the film.
Dwayne Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar and Kevin Smith star in the ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of 2008 Los Angeles, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster.
Boxer Santaros (Johnson) is an action star stricken with amnesia whose life intertwines with Krysta Now (Gellar), an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and David Clark (Scott), a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy. The film is slated to begin principal photography on August 15 2005.
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