by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim
editor@charactermedia.com
Here’s something to chew on: David Tennant will be joining Steven Yeun (not Moffat—sorry, Doctor Who fans) for an animated movie adaptation of Chew, an award-winning comic book by John Layman and Rob Guillory.
Chew centers on a character named Tony Chu (Yeun), a detective and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agent. Chu happens to be a “cibopath”—someone who has the ability to see the life history of everything he eats. That means he can take a bite of anything (except beets, apparently) and then receive a vivid psychic impression. In the world of Chew, bird meats are illegal after the bird flu wiped out millions of Americans.
Of course, that power isn’t limited to just food items? If Chu were to, say, take a bite out of a corpse, he’d have a pretty gross but very useful edge in closing out murder mysteries. But we’ll leave those thoughts for potential plot points.
Mason Savoy (left) and Tony Chu. (Image via Things From Another World)
Tennant will voice Tony’s partner and mentor, Mason Savoy. The role was originally planned for the late Robin Williams, reportedly a fan of the Chew series. However, production halted, and the role was recast in the wake of his death in 2014.
A.V. Club noted that Day had already recorded her part has Tony’s love interest, Amelia Mintz, whose own power allows anyone who reads her food reviews actually experience the tastes she describes.
Jeff Krelitz (Torchwood: Web of Lies, Peter Panzerfaust) is directing the film adaptation and co-producing with David Boxenbaum via Heavy Metal.
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