With Valiant’s new Secret Weapons comic book coming in June, we chatted with writer Eric Heisserer about what to expect from the new series.
Heisserer’s name may sound familiar because he wrote the screenplay for last year’s sci-fi hit Arrival, which earned him an Oscar nomination. He’s also working on two screenplays for Valiant’s upcoming movie slate, which we ask him about at the end of this interview.
Secret Weapons follows the hero Livewire as she tracks down people discarded from Harbringer’s super-power program for having abilities deemed useless -- talking to birds, making an object softly glow, etc.
A villain named Rexo (re-introduced from Valiant’s publishing past) is hunting them down for mysterious reasons, so Livewire makes it her mission to find and protect them. They might seem useless at first glance, but they will be her secret weapons.
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Heisserer’s name may sound familiar because he wrote the screenplay for last year’s sci-fi hit Arrival, which earned him an Oscar nomination. He’s also working on two screenplays for Valiant’s upcoming movie slate, which we ask him about at the end of this interview.
Secret Weapons follows the hero Livewire as she tracks down people discarded from Harbringer’s super-power program for having abilities deemed useless -- talking to birds, making an object softly glow, etc.
A villain named Rexo (re-introduced from Valiant’s publishing past) is hunting them down for mysterious reasons, so Livewire makes it her mission to find and protect them. They might seem useless at first glance, but they will be her secret weapons.
Continue reading…
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