In today’s first bit of comic book film adaptation news, Comics on Comics reports that Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing and Vanessa Hudgens is being pursued to star in Dead @ 17.

Created by Josh Howard, the four-issue miniseries follows a 17-year old girl named Nara Kilday who dies and is resurrected as a savior who fights evil monsters.

The screenplay is being adapted by Mike Dougherty, who worked on X2 and Superman Returns.