<p class="title">Actor Channing Tatum and producer Roy Lee are joining forces to back a project based on "The Maxx", the Image Comics series.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is currently unknown whether it would be a film or television show, reported Variety.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tatum will produce through his banner Free Association, along with principals Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lee, whose credits include horror films "The Ring", "The Grudge", and best picture Oscar winner "The Departed", will back the project through his Vertigo Entertainment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sam Kieth, who created the series in the 1990s, is also attached to produce with partner Tal Vigderson.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Maxx is a character who appears in both the real world as a homeless man and in an alternate reality as a powerful masked character protecting the Jungle Queen — who's also a social worker named Julie Winters who frequently works to help the homeless man.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Previously, the comic was turned into a 13-episode cartoon series on MTV, which won an Annie Award for best-animated series.</p>
<p class="title">Actor Channing Tatum and producer Roy Lee are joining forces to back a project based on "The Maxx", the Image Comics series.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It is currently unknown whether it would be a film or television show, reported Variety.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Tatum will produce through his banner Free Association, along with principals Reid Carolin and Peter Kiernan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lee, whose credits include horror films "The Ring", "The Grudge", and best picture Oscar winner "The Departed", will back the project through his Vertigo Entertainment.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Sam Kieth, who created the series in the 1990s, is also attached to produce with partner Tal Vigderson.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Maxx is a character who appears in both the real world as a homeless man and in an alternate reality as a powerful masked character protecting the Jungle Queen — who's also a social worker named Julie Winters who frequently works to help the homeless man.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Previously, the comic was turned into a 13-episode cartoon series on MTV, which won an Annie Award for best-animated series.</p>