Antoine Fuqua has found only moderate success with his films since Training Day, and Brooklyn's Finest has yet to see a release at all, so I guess he's figured he'll try something completely different. A story about a white orphan girl and a black pimp going on a crime spree in 1920s and 30s New York sounds unique enough, but when you add that it's based on a graphic novel, Fuqua really seems to be swinging for the fences on this one.

Variety reports that Spike Lee, who's never been known to take on a boring idea, will be executive producing this adaptation of Miss: Better Living Through Crime, originally written by Frenchmen Philippe Thirault, Marc Riou and Mark Vigouroux. John Ridley, who also wrote the script for the George Lucas Tuskeegee airmen movie Red Tails, is writing the screenplay.

A lone Amazon reviewer calls Miss "a story of great depth and tone," and credits the novel for both a rich depiction of early 20th century New York and a nuanced look at crime. Sounds fascinating and bizarre and totally original, and given that the graphic novel isn't all that familiar to moviegoers, hopefully the film version will feel that way as well.