The Recount (film)

The Recount is a planned live-action feature film based on the Scout Comics title of the same name created by Jonathan Hedrick.

Peter Landesman (Concussion) is attached to write, direct and produce the film. Nick Jones Jr. (Yasuke) is co-writing the script. Don Handfield will produce for Motor Content with the Jordan Moore serving as Executive Producer. Jonathan Kadin is producing for KadinCreative. Scout Comics are also producing.

The publisher provides this description of the comic: "When the US President is assassinated by one of his own security detail, a female Secret Service agent named Bree Barto must protect the Vice President at all costs from a mass conspiracy by a group calling themselves 'The Masses'. With nowhere to turn and no one to trust, these two women with completely opposing political views and beliefs must work together to preserve what’s left of American democracy."