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The story of William Wallace, made famous in 1995’s theatrical epic Braveheart is looking to make a small screen come back with Wallace.

Following the style of Starz’s Spartacus and HBO’s Game of Thrones, Wallace will depict the legendary Scotsman prior to the events of the original Mel Gibson blockbuster hit, as he spends years fighting to unify Scotland, while also focusing more on of the personal backstory of William Wallace outside of his epic battles with King Edward the Longshank and rival Robert the Bruce.

Glasgow-born writer Mick Davis (The Eleventh Hour) created the TV project based on the idea of Kent Dalian and Braveheart advisor Seoras Wallace. In a joint effort, the historical drama will be executive produced by Creative Media’s Todd Berger and Andrew Trapani, as well as Stv Productions’ Alan Clements and Margaret Enefer, plus ...

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Stv Productions, Digital Rights Group, Nine/8 Entertainment and Creative Media are all teaming to develop "Wallace", a historical dramatic television series based on the life of Scottish legend William Wallace reports The Live Feed.

Said to be akin to recent cable series hits like Starz's "Spartacus" and HBO's "Game of Thrones", the project focuses on Wallace's years spent attempting to unify Scotland, his loves and losses as well as his legendary battles with King Edward the Longshank and rival Robert the Bruce.

Mick Davis ("The Eleventh Hour") will write, create and executive produce the show based on an original idea from Kent Dalian and Seoras Wallace, an advisor on Mel Gibson's Oscar-winning 1995 biopic of Wallace - "Braveheart".

Sword-flinging series Spartacus and Game Of Thrones have been doing rather well for their respective cable channels both in the Us and around the world. Across the gulf of television, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded their ratings and press coverage with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against them. Okay, so not “against them” per se, but some of the people involved in Braveheart are looking to muscle in on that sweet battle action by spearheading a TV version.Mick Davis, who worked on short-lived series Eleventh Hour, has created the new show, drawn from an idea by Kent Dalian and Seoras Wallace, who worked on Mel Gibson’s 1995 Oscar winner.According to the Hollywood Reporter, the planned series, which is still only in development, will focus on William Wallace’s back-story,...

Dark Horse Comics' "House Of Night" #5, available March 14, 2012, is written by Kent Dalian, P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast, with illustrations by Jo'lle Jones and a cover by Jenny Frison :

"...a tale of heated passion and deadly heartbreak starring warriors 'Hippolyte' and 'Herkales' forms the backdrop for the fifth and final lesson for 'Zoey Redbird', from the goddess 'Nyx'. It's now time for Zoey to take all she's learned and make an inevitably controversial decision on how to lead the popular student group known as the 'Dark Daughters'..."

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House of Night has been adapted as a miniseries by Dark Horse Comics. The young adult vampire novels are written by the mother-daughter team of P.C. and Kristin Cast, debuting in 2007 and spawning eight sequels to date. A House of Night movie is currently in the works, based on a screenplay by Kent Dalian, who has penned the Dark Horse miniseries in collaboration with the Casts. Joëlle Jones shouldered art duties. "I've always read comics," the P.C. Cast told Newsarama. "I grew up thinking that my piles and (more)...

Written by: P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Kent Dalian

Art by: Joëlle Jones, Karl Kerschl

Cover By: Jenny Frison

Synopsis: Until recently, Zoey Redbird was an average high-school student worrying about grades, boys, and breakouts. But priorities have a way of changing when you are marked as a vampyre, enroll in the vampyre academy House of Night, and have to figure out a whole new social hierarchy, affinities for elemental magic, and physiological changes that make you crave blood.

P.C. Cast‘s hit series finally comes to the panel courtesty of Dark Horse Comics. Going into this book my knowledge of the House of Night series was limited. I knew they were vampire novels and targeted at teenagers; frankly that was enough to make me run in the opposite direction. I’m as tired as anyone of the cliche that vampire + teen angst = breakout-hit-that’s-sooooooo-original. Not even setting the...

Dark Horse Comics' "House Of Night" #1, available November 9, 2011, is written by P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Kent Dalian, with illustrations by Joelle Jones, Karl Kerschl and covers by Jenny Frison and Steve Morris :

"...until recently, 'Zoey Redbird' was an average high-school student worrying about grades and boys.

"But priorities have a way of changing when you are marked as a 'vampyre', enrolled in the academy 'House of Night' and have to figure out a whole new social hierarchy and affinities for elemental magic..."

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Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello and novelist PC Cast have had projects announced by Dark Horse Comics. San Diego Comic-Con saw the unveiling of Morello's Orchid, which tells the tale of a 16-year old prostitute living in a dystopian future. It will be published alongside downloadable tracks from his music project The Nightwatchman, which will serve as a soundtrack to the series. Cast will expand her House of Night series of novels into the comics world. The first miniseries will be written by screenwriter Kent Dalian with artists including Joelle Jones. "I grew up reading comic books," Cast told Comic Book Resources. "I fell in love with Superman (more)...