My Chemical Romance's Gerward Way To Turn Comic Into Movie?

My Chemical Romance's Gerard Way could see his comic series 'The Umbrella Academy' transformed into a movie.

The series has proved so popular, that Way has had offers to turn the story into a big screen adaptation.

Reports say director Alfonso Cuaron has first refusal on the film project and speaking to SFX, Gerard says: "He's the only director who has the material at the moment."

"If we get the right people in place, it could be really amazing but I'm trying not to think about it too much. I'm keeping my head focussed on the comics."

"I would prefer people to read the comic first as a point of reference before any film comes out. But the first story ('The Apocalypse Suite') is really compact with a beginning, a middle and an end so you could easily make that into a film."

Way is also preparing for the launch of the second series, which has the title of 'Dallas'. On the subject, the singer adds: "It's more political, something I've stayed away from in my music and in my comics."

"It deals with some pretty harsh subjects in American history. It's more relevant than the first series, which was a traditional story about being brought up good or bad."

"It's more violent for sure. The first issue sets the tone and the second and third subsequently become more violent."

'Dallas' hits US stands on November 26.