A feature adaptation for one of the most depraved, boundary pushing comic books ever, Crossed, is currently in development. THR reported late last week that The Boys and Preacher comic creator Garth Ennis has penned a script that’s been acquired by indie outfit Six Studios to finance the adaptation.

Crossed is set “in a pandemic-stricken world, in which those who catch a disease are marked with a cross-like rash on their faces. Those afflicted follow their worst impulses — think a zombie apocalypse, but instead of zombies, these are humans who retain their intellect but are homicidal maniacs.”

If that plot sounds familiar, it might be due to the extreme horror movie The Sadness, with filmmaker Rob Jabbaz drawing clear inspiration from the gnarly comic book series.

The original 10-issue series that inspired the movie adaptation ran from 2008-10, with the series spawning more than 200 issues from various writers and artists,...