A new rumor is circulating that claims DC Studios is developing a new TV series based on the comic book Human Target.
The rumor is shared by FilmFront (via CBM), and it says the show has been in development under comic writer Tom King (who is working on Lanterns and inspired Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow with his series of the same name). King has reportedly been working on the projects since the start of 2024.
He’ll be Human Target’s main writer and the search for a showrunner – and lead star – is said to be underway. If the project pans out, Gunn and Peter Safran will executive produce.
Warner Bros. launched a Human Target TV series in 2010 starring Mark Valley as Christopher Chance. That ran for two seasons – a total of 25 episodes – on Fox, while Wil Traval played the character in a 2016 episode of Arrow. Long before both of those, Rick Springfield played Chance in a 1992 TV series.
Len Wein and Carmine Infantino created the character in 1972’s Action Comics #419. The original Human Target, Christopher Chance, is a master impersonator and bodyguard who assumes the identities of people targeted for assassination.
The official description of the Human Target comic is as follows:
Christopher Chance has 12 days to solve his own murder! Superstar writer Tom King and acclaimed artist Greg Smallwood team for a new, noir examination of a classic DC character!
Christopher Chance has made a living out of being a human target – a man hired to disguise himself as his client to invite would-be assassins to attempt his murder. He’s had a remarkable career until his latest case protecting Lex Luthor when things go sideways.
An assassination attempt Chance didn’t see coming leaves him vulnerable and left trying to solve his own murder, as he has 12 days to discover just who in the DC Universe hated Luthor enough to want him dead by slow-acting poison. And the prime suspects happen to be…the Justice League International?
Human Target is a hard-boiled, gritty story in the vein of classic detective noirs, told by bestselling and critically acclaimed creators Tom King and Greg Smallwood!
Would you be excited for a Human Target series to be developed at HBO under Gunn and Safran?
