screenwriter alex tse to adapt battling boy

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Alex Tse, the screenwriter of Watchmen, has been hired to handle another graphic novel adaptation, Paul Pope's forthcoming Battling Boy: 'Watchmen' scribe taking on 'Battling Boy'.

The story line follows the son of a god who comes down from the top of a mountain at his father's urging to rid the giant, continent-sized city of Monstropolis of a plague of beasts. The book will be out this spring from First Second Books.

Tse's other projects include a live-action adaptation of the anime Ninja Scroll, an adaptation of the Ray Bradbury short story collection The Illustrated Man for director Zack Snyder, and the hitman drama Frankie Machine for director Michael Mann. You could say things are going pretty well for him.