Paramount Pictures has purchased the rights to Last Man Standing, SlashFilm is reporting. No, not the 1996 Bruce Willis flop, but rather the upcoming graphic novel by Daniel LuVisi.

The comic, which isn’t due out until September, was purchased from Heavy Metal Publishing, which is owned by Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The story chronicles the adventures of Gabriel, a genetically modified super-soldier who is framed as a mass murderer by a terrorist organization.

I don’t blame you if your natural inclination is to draw parallels between this story and the current Mel Gibson frame-up we’re watching unfold, but the book predates the Gibson incident, so any similarities are purely coincidental.

FREE MEL!