Summit Entertainment has announced they are developing a television series based on the 2009 film Push. The film, directed by Paul McGuigan and starring Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning, was essentially a “superheroes vs. government” story, but stood out because of its slick visuals and fantastic production design.

So why would we be interested in another show so similar to Heroes? Because David Hayter, the writer of Bryan Singer’s X-Men and co-writer of X2 and Watchmen, is writing the pilot episode and will be executive producing the series. The program will be “an extension of the film,” and offers “a broad and rich canvas on which to extend the storyline and characters introduced in the feature film.” You can read the press release in full over at Slashfilm.

I’m cautiously optimistic about the potential for this series. I enjoyed the film probably more than I should have (I’m a sucker for superheroes, and McGuigan’s Lucky Number Slevin is one of my favorite films of the past decade), so I’m interested to see if they can separate themselves from similar subject matter on other channels and do so with a degree of success. Let us know what you think in the comments section.

A new poster for Push has been revealed to the world. When I first saw it I thought Chris Evans was being attacked by 2 giant uneven rainbow boobs, however I then noticed the flying objects in the background and realised that wasn’t the case. The film stars Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle, Djimon Hounsou, Maggie Siff and Scott Michael Campbell and will be released next February.

Push burrows deep into the deadly world of psychic espionage where artificially enhanced paranormal operatives have the ability to move objects with their minds, see the future, create new realities and kill without ever touching their victims. Against this setting, a young man and a teenage girl take on a clandestine agency in a race against time that will determine the future of civilisation.

If you are a fan of X-Men and/or Heroes you will probably be interested in Push. The movie stars Camilla Belle, Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Djimon Hounsou and involves a group of young American ex-pats with powers, hiding from a clandestine U.S. government agency. They must utilize their different talents and band together for a final job enabling them to escape the agency forever.

Summit Entertainment have released a poster for the upcoming sci-fi thriller Push. The film is directed by Paul McGuigan and stars Camilla Belle, Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans and Djimon Hounsou.

The action packed sci-fi thriller involves a group of young American ex-pats with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities, hiding from a clandestine U.S. government agency. They must utilize their different talents and band together for a final job enabling them to escape the agency forever.