The Incal adapted to cinema? Taika Waititi is about to take up the challenge

Actor and director Taika Waititi, Oscar for best screenplay for

in 2020, will adapt the mythical sci-fi comic book

, which has sold millions of copies worldwide,

for cinema

, announced the publisher Les Humanoïdes Associés in a press release sent on November 4.

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In addition to directing, the New Zealand artist will also participate in the scenario of this adaptation of

, a work imagined in the late 1970s by the Franco-Chilean author Alejandro Jodorowsky and the designer Moebius (Jean Giraud).

,

Taika Waititi said in a statement.

This is the first foray of the Humanoïdes Associés (established in Los Angeles since 1998) into the world of cinema.

For his part, Taika Waititi has already adapted the universe of comics on the big screen.

He directed for Marvel Studios the film

, praised by fans and critics, and is also in command of the fourth installment of the adventures of the god of the Avengers,

, announced in 2022.

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The Incal

is a

mystical

whose hero, a seedy private investigator named John Difool, accidentally discovers an esoteric artifact known as the Incal, coveted by many factions across the galaxy. Difool finds himself forced to save the universe and makes, reluctantly, a spiritual journey questioning the meaning of his own existence. Quoted in the press release, Fabrice Giger, boss of the Humanoids group (editions Les Humanoïdes Associés and La box à bubbles), declared that the

, republished in multiple languages, has quite simply

since its creation and that the magic will once again operate with Taika Waititi.

“When Fabrice Giger presented Taika Waititi's work to me, it seemed obvious to me that it was the right one.

I have full confidence in Taika's creativity to give Incal an astonishing version, both intimate and cosmic ”

, rejoiced Alejandro Jodorowsky, now 92 years old.

Figure of the underground, Jodorowsky is himself familiar with the world of cinema with films with esoteric atmospheres.

Before Denis Villeneuve and David Lynch, he had tried, in vain, to adapt on the big screen

, the famous SF novel by Frank Herbert.

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Les Humanoïdes Associés was founded in Paris in 1974 by Jean Giraud (Moebius), Philippe Druillet and Jean-Pierre Dionnet and remains famous for the magazine

.

Disappeared fifteen years ago, the cult magazine made its big comeback in September in France, in the form of a quarterly of nearly 300 pages.