Fight Club 2 artwork and six-page teaser unveiled

A comic-book sequel to Fight Club has been announced, telling the story of the original’s star Tyler Durden ten years on. Tyler, who was played by Brad Pitt in the David Fincher-directed 1999 film, will be shown to be dependent on prescription drugs, and living with his housewife spouse and a difficult young son.

Chuck Palahnuik, who wrote Fight Club, has also penned the text for the Fight Club 2 graphic novel, which is illustrated by Cameron Stewart. It will be published by Dark Horse Comics, which says: “Ten years after starting Project Mayhem, [Tyler Durden] lives a mundane life. A kid, a wife, pills to keep his destiny at bay. But it won’t last long; the wife has seen to that. The time has come…”

A six-page preview has been unveiled over on Playboy, and Fight Club 2 will be published on 27 May.