Jake Gyllenhaal is set to star in Prophet based on the comic series created by Rob Liefeld. Sam Hargrave is directing. Prophet was created by Liefeld and debuted in Youngblood #2 in July 1992.

In the film, John Prophet voluneers for a German experiment near the end of World War II in order to feed his family. He’s buried alive and trapped due to a bombing and reawakens in 1965. The world has moved on without him.

Studio 8’s Jeff Robinov produces along with Studio 8’s John Graham, Prime Universe Films’ Adrian Askarieh, Liefield and Brooklyn Weaver. Hargrave is an in-demand director after Extraction which was a hit for Netflix.

Gyllenhaal and Hargrave have a lot of “comic” film history. Gyllenhaal played Mysterio in 2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home. Hargrave began in stunts having worked on Marvel Studios’ Captain America: The Winter Soldier to Avengers: Endgame. Extraction was also based on a comic book.

Prophet has had an on again off again publishing history with his first running eleven issues and a second in 1995 lasting eight issues. A one-shot was released in 2000 by Awesome Comics. In 2012 a new series launched with issue #21 and ran until 2014 with Prophet #45. In January 2016 Prophet: Earth War launched and ended after six issues in November 2016.