Chew Comedy Series in Development at Showtime

Pay channel, Showtime, has purchased a script for a weekly, comedy, TV series based on the ongoing Image series, Chew. The comic book, by John Layman and Rob Guillory, follows detective, Tony Chu, on his many bizarre cases. Chu is a cibopath, a detective who gets psychic impressions from the things he eats, and often has to consume disgusting things in the course of his job. This has lead many fans to question the comedic approach.

Chew is from Circle of Confusion, the company behind AMC's successful Walking Dead adaptation, and was written by Terri Hughes Burton and Ron Milbauer (Eureka). Circle of Confusion is also the company behind Powers, based on the comic book by Bendis and Mike Oeming, which FX has already ordered.

© C Harris Lynn, 2011