Warren Ellis, demented writer of about a million comics for Marvel, about two million for Avatar and, oh yes, the classic series Transmetropolitan for Vertigo, is about to see one of his creations headed to the big screen: Gravel, the story of a battle mage who doesn’t take kindly to effete upper class snobbery. Ellis gets an executive producer credit and gets first stab at the screenplay, meaning the final product will garner the X rating and only be shown in mental institutions.








