Robert Kirkman Comic Book Adaptation Set for Amazon

Amazon Studios has given the go-ahead to Invincible, an hour-long animated superhero show for adults based on the hit comic series from Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), co-creator Cory Walker and artist Ryan Ottley.

Invincible centers on Mark Grayson, an average teen whose father is the most powerful superhero in the world. After he turns 17, Mark begins to develop his own supernatural abilities. The eight-part show will debut on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 territories around the globe.

Invincible is produced by Skybound, with Simon Racioppa (Teen Titans) serving as showrunner. The series is exec produced by Kirkman, Racioppa, David Alpert (The Walking Dead) and Catherine Winder (The Angry Birds Movie). The comic books ended in February 2018 after a 15-year run.

“Robert has an uncanny talent to predict the zeitgeist, and we are incredibly excited to see him break boundaries in an animated one-hour format,” said Sharon Yguado, the head of scripted genre programming at Amazon Studios. “In a world saturated with superhero fare, we trust Robert to subvert expectations while encapsulating a story filled with heart and adrenaline. We love his ambitious plan for the show and believe it will look like nothing else on television.”

Kirkman added: “I couldn’t be more proud of the series Cory Walker, Ryan Ottley and I did together for over 15 years. To know our characters will live on in multiple iterations in other media is almost too exciting to bear! What Amazon is allowing us to do in animated form is nothing short of groundbreaking, and I can’t wait for our rabid fan base to experience it!”