‘Godzilla vs Kong’ Filmmaker Adam Wingard to Direct ‘Hardcore’ Based on Robert Kirkman Comic Book “The Walking Dead” creator wrote the original story outline based on series he co-created with Marc Silvestri Brian Welk | May 24, 2021 @ 10:00 AM Getty Images/Cover Art by Dan Panosian, courtesy of Universal Pictures and Skybound “Godzilla Vs. Kong” director Adam Wingard is set to direct the action movie “Hardcore” at Universal, a film adaptation of a comic book series co-created by “The Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman. “Hardcore” is an action and science-fiction thriller that’s based on a Skybound and Image comic book series co-created by Kirkman and Marc Silvestri. Kirkman also wrote an original story outline for the “Hardcore” film based on the comic.