Garth Ennis is ready to cross another comic book adaptation off his list. The creator, whose preacher And The boys have already been adapted for television, has written a screenplay for a film adaptation of his comic CrossedAnd now indie company Six Studios has acquired the script with the intention of financing and supporting the film.

Crossed is set in a world ravaged by a pandemic, where those who contract a disease are marked with a cross-shaped rash on their face. Those affected follow their worst impulses – think of a zombie apocalypse, but instead of zombies, these are people who retain their sanity but are homicidal maniacs.

The original ten issues that inspired the film were published from 2008 to 2010, but the franchise has spawned more than 200 issues from various writers and artists, including talent such as Guardian Author Alan Moore.

Six Studios is currently seeking a director for the project, which is expected to cost between $2 million and $3 million, although the amount could increase with the right talent. Production is expected to begin in the fall.

Carl Choi of Six Studios will produce along with Ben Hung of Retro Entertainment and Ken Levin of Nightsky Productions. Hung and Levin developed the project with Ennis and brought it to Six Studios. Jeff Huang of Six Studios will executive produce along with Ennis, Carl Amari and Bill Patterson.

Amazon’s adaptation of Ennis’ The boys has become one of the most critically acclaimed comic book series of the decade, with Amazon saying the fourth season is among the service’s most-watched seasons ever. Multipole spinoffs have been launched, and the fifth season will bring the end. preacherran for four seasons from 2016 to 2019.

Choi of Six Studios says the script is an intimate, human story. “It was the most faithful adaptation possible,” says Choi, who infection meets The Walking Deadwith echoes of Alex Garland’s Civil Warin that it is a road movie through the devastated United States.

Six Studios also develops The Riftwar Saga for television and was behind The Curse of the Sin Eaterwhich was taken over by Samuel Goldwyn in October.