The Black Pearl is a graphic novel that Mark Hamill (yes, he of the force) and his cousin Eric Johnson wrote and have been trying to bring to the movies for some time. Well now it may well be happening and Hamill will direct the film.

The story, from Sienn's Mark Hamill Page, goes something like this...

Luther Drake, a man obsessed by his beautiful neighbour Tina. One evening he follows her, like he did so many times, and witnesses how she is kidnapped by two psychoptahic criminals the police has been trying to catch for months.

Luther kills one of the shock jocks, more by accident than by anything else, and flees in a panic. What he didn't count on was the sensationalism of the media. They make him a hero, a hero that tried to save Tina, and Luther, introvert and troubled as he is, decides to try and BE the hero everyone thinks he is...Things keep building and by the time Luther realises he must somehow quit the game before it leads to complete catastrophe it might already be too late...

Sounds interesting, Hamill himself describes the story as...

"explores the moral uncertainty of our current times, with several new substantial characters and a new surprise ending sure to shock audiences -- it's like 'Fargo' meets 'Batman.'"

Even moreso now! From Army Archerd through The Geek Zine, comes the news. He was visiting George Lucas to discuss CGI for another of his projects and opened up about this long awaited movie. Has anyone read the Black Pearl, is it worth a film outing?