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Deadline announced the news that Atlas Entertainment and Ghost Machine have partnered up for a feature film adaptation of Redcoat, which will bring the Image Comics bestseller to an even bigger audience. Johns will be handling the script, and the film will be based on a story by Johns and series artist Bryan Hitch. It was also revealed that Alex Gartner and Charles Roven will be producing for Atlas Entertainment, and Roven has not only worked with Johns previously on the DC film universe, but he’s also been involved with many of the DCEU’s previous films.
Roven worked alongside Johns for the Gal Gadot-starring Wonder Woman, and Roven has also had a hand in DC films like The Suicide Squad, Justice League, Wonder Woman 1984, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Man of Steel, Suicide Squad, and even Zack Snyder’s Justice League. The only DC films of that era Roven didn’t work on were The Flash, the Aquaman movies, Birds of Prey, and Black Adam, and he hasn’t worked with Johns since Wonder Woman 1984.
Now, Redcoat couldn’t be further from Wonder Woman and Justice League, both in terms of premise and tone. Redcoat follows a British deserter who accidentally becomes immortal during the days of the American Revolution, and as he tries to survive and, in some cases, thrive over the years, he eventually has to face the sins of his past when he finds himself in the middle of a secret plan to destroy America.
