Deadly Class Graphic Novel Picked Up to Pilot at SYFY

SYFY is piloting a new series based on the graphic novel Deadly Class.

The graphic novel from co-creators Rick Remender and Wes Craig was adapted for television by executive producers Remender and Miles Feldsott. Deadly Class follows a disillusioned teen recruited into a storied high school for assassins.

Joe Russo (The Avengers, Captain America), Anthony Russo (The Avengers, Captain America) and Mike Larocca (Spy) from Russo Brothers Productions and Adam Targum (Banshee) from Chipmunk Hill will also executive produce along with Lee Toland Krieger (The Age of Adaline). Targum will serve as showrunner and Kreiger will direct. Sony Pictures Television Studios and Universal Cable Productions are producing.