Carter Swan Developing 'The Crying Boy' Comic for Film — SkimNews
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- Carter Swan is developing a film adaptation of Keenspot's horror comic series 'The Crying Boy' by Niall O'Rourke and Rob Moran, with Rona Mark scripting the big-screen version.
- The Crying Boy, published in 2024, follows a grieving widow in Queens who must save her young son from an ancient demon that inhabits a painting of a crying child he befriends.
- The comic's first issue earned a Ringo Award nomination for Best Single Issue or Short Story, is currently in its third printing, and has a deluxe collection slated for 2027 through Keenspot's distribution deal with Simon & Schuster.
- Swan spent nearly eight years as a senior producer at PlayStation Productions through end of 2025, working on Resident Evil, HBO's The Last of Us, Uncharted, Gran Turismo, Twisted Metal, and Until Dawn, and earned Emmy nominations as executive producer on The Last of Us in 2023 and 2025.
- The announcement lands as Zach Cregger's Resident Evil crosses $200M at the worldwide box office.
- Keenspot, founded in 2000 and once the world's largest webcomics publisher, previously adapted its webcomic into Universal's 2022 rom-com Marry Me starring Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson, and is now developing animated adaptations including Toy (starring Kate Micucci) and Kung Fu Legume (starring Sherry Cola and Kheng Hua Tan).
Why it matters: Swan's move from PlayStation Productions game adaptations (The Last of Us, Uncharted) to indie horror comics comes as his Resident Evil crosses $200M worldwide. For Keenspot, landing a producer with Swan's pedigree extends a run that already includes Universal's Marry Me and a growing animated slate.
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