She also talks about what drew her to the scripts for both projects.

Live-action though?

And much more from the writer of 'The Umbrella Academy' and frontman for My Chemical Romance.

Plus, more about the pilot adaptation he wrote for 'The Umbrella Academy' comic books, and having to depart the Netflix series 'Death Note.'

The screenwriter explains why 'Umbrella Academy' works better as a TV series than a movie.

Dodgeball writer/director Rawson Thurber (most recently, co-writer Tower Heist) has been hired by Universal to rewrite their script for the adaptation of the Dark Horse comic The Umbrella Academy. Created by My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way and artist Gabriel …