The Sword is to be adapted for cinema after Lakeshore Entertainment secured the screen rights to the comic.

Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi will produce the project, based on the Image Comics title by Jonathan and Joshua Luna, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The comic series, which ran for 24 issues between 2007 and 2010, follows a young paraplegic who sets out to avenge the assassination of her family after a mysterious sword grants her super powers.

Lakeshore's next project is the action-horror title I, Frankenstein, starring Aaron Eckhart, Miranda Otto and Bill Nighy, which is due for release in September.

The studio previously found success with the Underworld series, the fourth instalment of which grossed more than $160 million worldwide.

A cast and director for The Sword are yet to be appointed.

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