| The Weapon | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Platinum Studios |
| Genre | Martial arts |
| Publication date | June 2007 |
| Main character(s) | Tommy Zhou |
| Creative team | |
| Writer(s) | Fred Van Lente |
| Artist(s) | Scott Koblish |
| Colorist(s) | Paul Mounts |
The Weapon is a comic book from Platinum Studios and written by Fred Van Lente.
Martial arts enthusiast Tommy Zhou invented a means to create solid objects from light—and invented a superhero persona to promote it, The Weapon! He even concocted an origin story for himself based on ancient Chinese legends, his grandfather told him, as a child. What Tommy never suspected, though, were that his grandfather's legends were real—and now an all-too real millennia-old assassin cult, the Lin Kuie, (Forest Demons) is after him, convinced he's unlocked ancient mystical techniques of Order of Wu-Shi-'The Way of the Weapon'--and they're sending waves of killers after him to steal it back.
Tommy was born in Honolulu, Hawaii's Chinatown. A third generation Chinese American, raised by his grandfather. He accused his grandfather of clinging to the old ways of a country, they could never return to, knowing they would never be accepted by the racist society they had entered. His family name of Zhou may be a disambiguation of the Zhou Dynasty.
The Zhou dynasty lasted longer than any other dynasty in Chinese history—though the actual political and military control of China by the dynasty only lasted during the Western Zhou.
Platinum Studios, Inc. has partnered with Disney Channel star David Henrie, who is Italian American, to star as the Chinese-American character in the theatrical adaptation of the Platinum Studios comic book The Weapon. Henrie stars in Disney Channel's "Wizards of Waverly Place." Also David has directed his own 10 minute film called "boo" which is on youtube. [1]
The feature film adaptation will be produced by its creator, Platinum Studios Inc. chairman and CEO Scott Mitchell Rosenberg. Producer Jim Henrie ("The Beautiful & The Damned," "The Good Life," "Fake") will also serve as producer, and former Universal Pictures senior executive Randy Greenberg of The Greenberg Group, who brought the parties together, will serve as an executive producer.