It's interesting how some graphic novels are turning into unlikely films. 'Ghost World', Cronenberg's latest 'A History of Violence' which is fascinating btw.
I'm not sure how unlikely it is. Graphic novels are pretty much storyboards to start with so from a standpoint of production they should be a little simpler (you could really see that in Sin City where it was pretty obvious that if they storyboarded they did so by cutting panels right out of the books). Maybe some of the graphic novel they're choosing are a little unlikely, but there's always been a market for dark and wierd, and given the ascendancy right now of comic book movies it seems pretty natural for somebody to decide they want to do a comic book only a dark and wierd one. Which is great for folks like me that are long times fans of Miller, Moore and Gaiman (too bad Constantine was so definitively mediocre compared to Books of Magic though, and lets not mention League more than absolutely necessary).
I want to see History of Violence but it might get lost in my shuffle, Serenity is must see and life is getting busy and I really hate seeing movies that have been out more than a week and scratched up by lazy projectionists (still no all digital theaters here).