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November 19, 2008


Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Motion Pictures has closed a deal for the film rights to produce the graphic novel Gearhead which Hurd will produce. Gearhead was created by Dennis Hopeless and Kevin Mellon and published by Arcana Comics.

In Gearhead, a young woman teams up with a group of rebels to fight the corrupt superheroes who govern the United States. She must rise to the challenge of her destiny and become Gearhead.

"We are excited to bring Gearhead to life. It's a terrific character-driven story set in a unique and compelling world," said Hurd.

"To work with Gale on Gearhead is simply fantastic. We couldn't have found a better partner.", Arcana Studio's Sean O'Reilly commented.

Gale Anne Hurd and Valhalla Motion Pictures most recently produced the blockbuster feature The Incredible Hulk for Marvel Studios which was released by Universal Pictures this summer.

Valhalla is continually developing a broad range of projects, including Marvel's Punisher: War Zone for Lionsgate and Sony Pictures Entertainment which stars Ray Stevenson and is being released on December 5, 2008. Hurd has produced more than two dozen feature films that have generated billions of dollars of revenue. Her other credits include The Terminator, Aliens, Armageddon, Aeon Flux, The Punisher, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines among others.

Arcana has created original brands they control such as The Clockwork Girl and Kade, and have further developed existing brands for Disney, Sony, Capcom, HBO and more.
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Just days after it was announced that Punisher: War Zone producer Gale Anne Hurd would produce a big screen version of the Arcana comic book Gearhead comes word of who she would like to see star in the film.

Gearhead writer Dennis Hopeless and artist Kevin Mellon informed MTV that Hurd suggested Juno and Hard Candy star Ellen Page would be good for the movie. Page is no stranger to comic book films, having previously portrayed Kitty Pryde, a.k.a. Shadowcat, in X-Men: The Last Stand.

Mellon said he "designed Shelby as an amalgam of a couple of different Hollywood actresses and a few women I've known in my life, and Ellen has a lot of all of their qualities in spades. ... If I'd seen Hard Candy before working on Gearhead, I'd probably have modeled Shelby more on Ellen to begin with."

In Gearhead, a young woman teams up with a group of rebels to fight the corrupt superheroes who govern the United States. She must rise to the challenge of her destiny and become Gearhead.
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