Johnny Depp and Rex Mundi

Johnny Depp has bought the film rights to the world of Rex Mundi - see Times Online for the entire article and a chance to download the 1st issue.

The critically acclaimed Dark Horse Comic by writer Arvid Nelson and artist EricJ and Juan Ferreyra is a religious murder mystery. Like Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code, which came after it, Rex Mundi deals with shadowy religious societies, codes embedded in famous paintings and books, Templar Knights and the secret of the Holy Grail.