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"X-Men screenwriter David Hayter is adapting The Damned into a television series for Showtime. Cullen Bunn and Brian Hurtt&amp;#039;s Oni Press comic follows the adventures of Eddie, a man who is drawn into a Chicago turf war between three warring families of demons. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve been privy to some of what is planned for the series, and I gotta tell ya, it is gonna be awesome,&amp;quot; wrote Bunn on his blog. Hayter wrote and co-wrote on comic book movie adaptations X-Men, X2 and Watchmen. While the comic had a prohibition-era setting, the show is to be based in modern-day Chicago. Littlefield Co. and CBS Television Studios will produce The Damned alongside Oni Press&amp;#039;s sister company Closed on Mondays Entertainment, reports Deadline. Hayter, Closed on Mondays&amp;#039; Eric Gitter and Warren Littlefield are attached as executive producers. Oni&amp;#039;s Joe Nozemack and Closed on Mondays&amp;#039; Andy Bourne will produce the show. Bunn and Hurtt are currently collaborating on the acclaimed Oni series The Sixth Gun, which is also being adapted into a television show by Syfy. Bunn has said that he is hoping to return to The Damned comic for another series. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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