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Alexis Nolent (a.k.a. Matz) is a French writer. He writes scripts for videogames and has also written a novel and, under the Matz pen-name, a number of comics. ==Life and career== Nolent was born in Rouen, France, and grew up in the Caribbean, before moving to Paris.〔(MATZ: Writer of The Killer ), Jazma, October 31, 2006〕 His graphic novel ''Du Plomb Dans La Tete'', AKA ''Headshot'', was adapted into the 2012 film ''Bullet to the Head''.〔(Warner aims for 'Headshot' ), ''Variety'', October 14, 2008〕 He has written ''The Killer'' (''Le Tueur'') and ''Cyclops'' (''Cyclopes'') both of which have been optioned for films, also by producer Alexandra Milchan, the former at Paramount with director David Fincher〔(David Fincher interview ), MTV, January 7, 2008〕 and the latter at Warner Brothers by James Mangold.〔(WB, Mangold eye Nolent's 'Cyclops' ), ''Variety''〕 ''The Killer'' is his first to be published in English and is published by Archaia Studios Press,〔(Archaia Studios Press profile for ''The Killer'' )〕 who are dividing each of volumes into two parts and releasing in American comic book format bi-monthly. The first four issues were collected as a hardcover volume, which won IGN's Best Indy Book of 2007 Award,〔(Best Indy Book ), IGN〕 Newsarama's Best of '07 gave it the "Best Comic You Didn’t Read This Year" award〔(Best Shots: Best of '07 Edition ), Newsarama, December 30, 2007〕 and ''Entertainment Weekly'' named it #2 in a list of Best comics of 2007.〔(The Best Comics of 2007 ), ''Entertainment Weekly'', Dec 18, 2007〕 Other work includes ''Headshot'' (''Du plomb dans la tête'') with Colin Wilson, ''Shandy'' with Dominique Bertail and an upcoming adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel ''Savage Night'' with artist Miles Hyman.〔(Making the Asssassin Tick ), Broken Frontiers, November 3, 2006〕〔(Matz - A "Killer" Comic Writer ), Comic Book Resources, April 12, 2007〕 ''The Killer'' has been optioned for a film.〔(Benderspink options 'Starkweather' ), ''Variety'', November 8, 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexis Nolent」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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