Milo To Create Comic Book Series

Heroes star Milo Ventimiglia is to feature in a series of comic books.

The actor, who plays Peter Petrelli in the NBC drama, has signed a deal with Devil’s Due Publishing to create a four-issue miniseries called Rest.

He and producing partner Russ Cundiff will develop the books via their Divide Pictures company, with Mark Powers (Drafted) attached to write them from a story by Mike O’Sullivan.

The issues will focus on the dangers of staying awake as the Ventimiglia-inspired central character becomes embroiled in a conspiracy between a malevolent pharmaceutical firm and the US government.

The project will be unveiled at New York’s Comic-Con today and published in the autumn.

If successful, the books may be made into a TV show or movie, reports Variety.

Ventimiglia can currently be seen in medical thriller Pathology.

MILO VENTIMIGLIA – MILO VENTIMIGLIA WAS SICK IN THE SKIES

HEROES star MILO VENTIMIGLIA has abandoned his dream of becoming a fighter pilot, after a vomit-inducing session in the skies.
The actor spent time with the Air Force Reserves during the recent Writer’s Guild of America strike, fulfilling a childhood ambition in the process.
He says, “There were three options: one I wanted to be an actor, two I wanted to be a doctor, and three I wanted to be a fighter pilot.”
But it didn’t end well for the star: “It’s amazing to see what those pilots do. But I got sick. There’s a before and after picture of me – before I went up and after I came down – looking crooked.”