‘Guns Akimbo’ Filmmaker Jason Howden Prepping ‘Monsters Of Metal’ Film Based On His First Comic Series For Opus

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EXCLUSIVE: Jason Howden (Guns Akimbo) will co-write and direct a film adaptation of his first comic series Monsters of Metal, which launches with its first issue via Opus Comics on October 19.Penned by Howden and Llexi Leon (Iron Maiden’s “Speed of Light”), who founded Opus Comics and its parent company Incendium, the comic was conceived as an R-rated mockumentary — a cross between Spinal Tap and The Monster Squad, which sees a group of beloved horror icons team up to form a heavy metal band.Frankenstein’s monster (named Frank) and his bandmates Medusa, Jack O’Lantern, Werewolf and the Bride have spent the last few centuries squatting in Dracula’s castle – unbeknown to their slumbering host.

But after a band rehearsal gets out of hand and wakes the fearsome vamp, the group gets booted from the castle and are forced to hit the road.

As Frank and the band take their act on tour, they find themselves fighting off crazed groupies, monster hunters and fellow crypt creatures in a darkly comic tale that puts the death in “death metal.”Monsters of Metal is an original property of Opus Comics, the publisher behind the bestselling Death Dealer comic book series, based on Frank Frazetta’s original artwork.

Luis Guaranga created the art for its first issue, with Ryan Christensen crafting its covers.Howden and Leon penned the script for the feature adaptation, which Incendium will produce as the first in a slate of titles entering development for film and television, with more to be announced soon.