Imagine Dead Poets Society, Outside Providence mixed with La Femme Nikita. Because, today Syfy network just released its first trailer for the upcoming adaptation of Rick Remender and Wesley Craig’s series Deadly Class. Published by Image comics, Deadly Class tells the stories of students enrolled in the exclusive and secret King’s Dominion Atelier of the Deadly Arts, an academy where prospects are trained and educated in the craft of assassinations before they graduate into the criminal world.
“Image Comics has published Deadly Class on a mostly monthly basis since the first issue was released on January 22, 2014.” – Wikipedia
Producing the series are the Russo brothers who many of you know are the directors of the massive MCU blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War. Deadly Class hopes to remain faithful to it’s source material while delivering on a very demented ‘Coming of Age’ tale. The series is set during the late 1980’s and stars Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange, Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams), Benjamin Wadsworth (Teen Wolf), Lana Condor (X-Men: Apocalypse, Alita: Battle Angel), Maria Gabriela de Faria (Yo Soy Franky, Sitiados), Luke Tennie (Shock and Awe), Liam James (The Way Way Back, The Killing) and Michel Duval (Señora Acero, Queen of the South).
No premiere date has been announced, but the series will debut in 2019.
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