The Walking Dead’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan becomes a formidable live-action version of Robert Kirkman’s Omni-Man in a new piece of Invincible fan art.
A new piece of fan art imagines The Walking Dead’s Jeffrey Dean Morgan tackling another Robert Kirkman role in the form of Invincible’s Omni-Man. Created in 2003 as part of the Image Comics label, Invincible follows the story of Mark Grayson, the 17-year-old son of Omni-Man, a super-powered being from the planet Viltrum. Unbeknownst to Grayson, his father secretly harbors a dark motive for spending his time on Earth. In 2021 Amazon Studios released season 1 of their animated adaptation of the property featuring the voices of Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh and J.K. Simmons. A live-action film adaptation of the property is also reported to currently be in the works.
Now a new piece of fan art from artist 21xfour imagines Morgan tackling the live-action role of Grayson’s villainous father, Omni-Man.
This latest piece of potential casting comes off the back of recent assurances by Kirkman that the live-action Invincible movie is still very much in the pipeline. Meanwhile, Amazon’s Invincible season 2 is currently expected to return to the Prime Video streaming platform later this year, with season 3 also on the way.
What’s Happening With Robert Kirkman’s Live-Action Invincible Movie?
Long before Amazon debuted its animated series, a live-action feature film adaptation was first announced in 2017 with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg signing on to write, direct, and produce the project. However, following that initial announcement, little else was heard about the film project until Kirkman and Skybound Entertainment teamed up with Amazon to begin work on the animated series. Rogen and Goldberg would even follow Kirkman across to serve as executive producers on the new series, with the former even lending his vocal talents to the role of Allen the Alien.
However, in the lead-up to Invincible season 1’s premiere in 2021, Kirkman assured fans of the comic book that the live-action adaptation was still in active development. More recently, during an interview to celebrate the comic book’s 20th anniversary, the series creator intimated that the response to the animated series has helped push the live-action project along, though sometimes “movies take a little bit longer.” At the moment, however, there is still no clear timeframe as to when audiences can expect production on the Invincible movie to officially commence.
Though one thing that Kirkman has made clear is that the live-action movie will seek to differentiate itself from the animated series, including minimizing any potential cast crossovers. As such viewers should not expect Yeun to play a live-action version of Mark Grayson. This also leaves the role of Omni-Man wide open for Morgan to come in and play if that is the direction Rogen and Goldberg decide to pursue. In the meantime, however, fans will have to be content to have their Invincible cravings satiated by the animated series when season 2 returns later this year.
Source: 21xfour