Filmmaker Jesus Orellana is bringing Juvenile, a new sci-fi thriller about a deadly virus, to Image Comics in December 2025.
From the press release:
In a future where a deadly virus kills everyone upon reaching adulthood, teenagers are confined to massive medical facilities—until a mysterious new patient arrives and reveals a shocking secret!
Sara is locked up in El Castillo, a fortress for troubled youth ruled with an iron fist by a retired military officer.
Everything changes with the arrival of a mysterious new patient who reveals a shocking secret: the virus isn’t killing them; it is giving them telekinetic abilities that the adults are desperately trying to suppress with medication and experimental surgeries.
In a race against time, they decide to use their newfound powers to escape. But when the adults find out, they will discover that not only are their lives at stake, but also the fate of the human race.
“Although I started in comics, my love for film pushed me to single-handedly create Rosa, a sci-fi animated short that quickly caught Hollywood’s attention. It led me to develop a live-action feature with Fox, but when that project collapsed under the weight of its massive, epic scale, I knew I had to take a different approach. I still wanted the same thrilling end-of-the-world stakes, but with a tighter, more contained focus: a single location and a small cast of characters. That’s how Juvenile was born,” said Orellana in a press release from Image Comics. “For me as a creator, comics and film are two sides of the same coin, so it was only natural to return to the medium where I started with this project. Juvenile is my debut as a full creator and my first work for the American market. I’m incredibly excited for readers to finally experience it!”
Juvenile arrives on December 4, 2024.
