Tom King is everywhere right now. Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow is based on the comic he wrote. He’s the co-creator of Max’s upcoming Lanterns series. And now another comic series of his is getting adapted: Love Everlasting, co-created with Elsa Charretier, is the story of a woman trapped in an endless series of relationship situations.
Here’s how Deadline, which broke the news, summarizes the story:
It is described as a mix of Groundhog Day and Quantum Leap with sci-fi and horror elements. The protagonist is Joan Peterson, a heroine who begins in the mold of how woman are often portrayed in romance comics: with the major goal to fall in love. Only here, each time she reaches that plateau, Joan finds herself abruptly shifted into a new time period and setting with new obstacles and the task of overcoming them to fall in love with a different man. Finally, she begins to question what she wants out of her life and tries to figure out a way to take control of her own destiny, one that doesn’t necessarily require the love of a man to complete her.
Is this a good time to point out that it sure feels like we’re getting a lot more adaptations of work written by men than women? Yes, the King Factor—the sheer number of Stephen King adaptations—is real, but even a quick glance over recent adaptation news shows a notable imbalance.
At any rate, Love Everlasting has a pretty fancy creative team, including Room director Lenny Abrahamson and Jane Goldman (X-Men: First Class, Kick-Ass) writing the screenplay. There’s no word yet on casting, or when we’ll see the latest Tom King tale come to life.