According to Deadline, Legendary Pictures has acquired the rights to the graphic novel Prince of Cats and has tapped actor Lakeith Stanfield to star.
Initially published by DC’s Vertigo imprint, Prince of Cats is currently published by Image Comics.
Legendary aims to turn the film into a star vehicle for Stanfield. The actor can currently be seen in Boots Riley’s workplace satire Sorry To Bother You, as well as Donald Glover’s FX series Atlanta.
Prince of Cats was first brought to Legendary by Jon Silk, the Executive VP of Production.