Dark Horse Entertainment‘s The Secret will be the next comic adapted for a motion picture under its deal with Universal Pictures. The graphic novel/comic series debuted in 2007, written by Dark Horse founder Mike Richardson. The Secret “tells of a group of high-school seniors who play a silly prank, only to see it backfire when one of their friends vanishes without a trace.”
Scott Milam, who wrote the forthcoming remake of the horror classic Mother’s Day, has been signed to adapt The Secret.
Richardson will produce for Dark Horse, with Scott Stuber producing for Stuber Productions. Pam Abdy and Jared Pfeifer will oversee the project for Stuber Productions with Keith Goldberg and Chris Tongue overseeing for Dark Horse Entertainment. Universal’s Senior Vice President of Production Scott Bernstein and Creative Executive Dave Targan will oversee the project for the studio.
Richardson said “Scott is a terrific writer and we’re excited to be working with him on this project. The story is full of scares and surprises and goes places no one will expect.”