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Thor’s Taika Waititi is planning on an adaptation of Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius’ graphic novel The Incal.

The comic, which influenced a wide range of movies, follows intergalactic private eye John Difool, who gets caught up in a grand space opera after happening on a mystical artefact called the Incal. Along with a ragtag crew, Difool must go on a journey to save the universe. Waititi will write alongside Jemaine Clement, and Peter Warren.

“We already have something very substantial, and it’s a complicated book. It’s vast,” the book’s publisher Humanoids’ CEO Fabrice Giger told The Hollywood Reporter. “We love the way he approached it.”

“The goal is to give as much freedom as possible to our talent,” Humanoids Group COO Matthieu Coppet added.

“The films and graphic novels of Alejandro Jodorowsky have influenced me and so many others for so long. I was stunned to be given the opportunity to bring his iconic characters to life and I am grateful to Alejandro, Fabrice and everyone at Humanoids for trusting me to do so,” Waititi said in a statement.

Jodorowsky added in his own statement: “When Humanoids’ CEO Fabrice Giger introduced me to Taika Waititi’s work, it became obvious to me that he was the one. I fully trust Taika’s creativity to give The Incal a stunning take, intimate and at the same time of cosmic proportions.”