A bestselling sci-fi graphic novel sequence has scored a film adaptation.
Based on Deadline, the graphic novel sequence Hilo might be getting a 3D animated movie adaptation from manufacturing studios Mediawan Children & Household, by way of its subsidiary, Submarine, and Sinking Ship Leisure. The graphic novel sequence started in 2015, following the adventures of a younger boy who crash-lands onto Earth from outer house.
The comedic action-adventure sequence, created by Judd Winick, is primarily aimed toward youngsters, changing into a bestseller within the 11 years it has been in circulation. The graphic novel has bought over a million copies as of writing, and has earned quite a few constructive evaluations within the course of. The eleventh predominant installment was launched by Penguin Random Home on February 11, 2025.
The manufacturing corporations concerned have stellar work behind them. Submarine beforehand produced movies like Apollo 10 1/2 and Fox and Hare Save the Forest. As for Sinking Ship, they’re most notable for having labored on the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise, specifically Saving Bikini Backside: The Sandy Cheeks Film. Each studios have historical past with youngsters’s IP.
So too does Mediawan Children & Household as an entire, their largest IP having been Miraculous – Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir, which continues to air new episodes. Whereas not a lot is thought in regards to the presentation of Hilo, the big-budget manufacturing signifies it’s going to be a tentpole movie for all of the manufacturing studios concerned in creating it.
Though it is unclear what points of Hilo might be pulled into the difference, it makes probably the most sense for the film to adapt from the primary graphic novel, The Boy Who Crashed to Earth, which sees the titular, superpowered Hilo arrive on the planet, befriending children D.J. and Gina within the course of. However one thing else has crash-landed alongside him.
The upcoming sci-fi film guarantees a premise that might be enjoyable for households whereas hinging on the lore of the graphic novel that is made it such a bestseller. Relying on how the film is approached, it might develop into simply as profitable because the likes of Captain Underpants: The First Epic Film, or Canine Man, changing into a movie franchise of its personal.
With the movie nonetheless within the early levels of growth, it’s going to be a while earlier than the extent of Hilo‘s narrative and its subsequent manufacturing develop into absolutely realized. Nonetheless, the manufacturing studios behind the film are a robust signal to its success, one thing that may support it in popularizing the franchise past the pages of the graphic novel.