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Sandman Comic Book Optioned

June 30, 2019 After years of waiting from fans, a live-action adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Sandman is officially coming to fruition. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Netflix has signed “a massive financial deal” with Warner Bros. Television to adapt Sandman into a television show. While it’s unclear exactly what the

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Oblivion Song Optioned

June 15, 2019 Skybound Entertainment and Universal Pictures announced this morning that the sci-fi drama Oblivion Song—based upon the New York Times bestselling Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible, Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta) and artist Lorenzo De Felici’s bestselling comic book series of the same name—is being developed for film. Universal’s Executive Vice President

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Hungry Ghosts Optioned

June 12, 2019 Sony Pictures Animation has optioned Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose’s horror anthology comic book Hungry Ghosts for an animated TV series, as announced at the Annecy Animation Conference in Annecy, France (via Variety). The series was announced by Sony Pictures Animation Vice Presidents Katie Baron and Kevin Noel,

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Atlas Comic Books Optioned

May 17, 2019 Are you familiar with Atlas Comics? If not, it was a comic book publisher that launched in the 1950s and it ended up evolving into Marvel Comics. However, when Marvel launched out of Altas to become its own brand, not all of the comic book properties followed.

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Magic Order Optioned

May 16, 2019 Netflix broke media ground last year by releasing the graphic novel series The Magic Order from veteran Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Kingsman: The Secret Service), becoming the first streaming service to do so. After seeing its first issue become the highest-selling new comic book in 20 years, Netflix is developing

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Dark Ark Comic Book Optioned

March 27, 2019 Armory Films’ Christopher Lemole and Tim Zajaros (Arctic, The Peanut Butter Falcon, Mudbound) have teamed with Don Handfield (The Founder, Kill the Messenger) and his production company, Motor, on The Dark Age, a new comic book penned by Handfield. With plans to adapt into a television series,

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Bitter Root Comic Book Optioned

March 27, 2019 Bitter Root has been optioned as a live-action feature film by Legendary Pictures, according to Deadline. The comic book’s co-creators David F. Walker, Sanford Greene, and Chuck Brown will reportedly be among the executive producers. “[With Bitter Root, we’re] mixing action and horror, with a cast of

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Port of Earth Comic Book Optioned

March, 10, 2019 Deadline is reporting that Amazon Studios is teaming with Skybound Entertainment for a TV adaptation of the sci-fi comic book series Port of Earth from Top Cow Productions and Image Comics. Created by Zack Kaplan with art from Andrea Mutti (Batman Eternal), Port of Earth is a

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Gundam Comic Book Optioned

March 6, 2019 EXCLUSIVE: Famed comic book creator and New York Times bestselling author Brian K. Vaughan has signed on to write the screenplay for Gundam, the first live-action film based on the popular mecha anime and science fiction media franchise created by Sunrise. The project hails from Legendary Entertainment,

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Motor Girl Comic Book Optioned

February 7, 2019 Indie comics legend Terry Moore is writing a pilot script based on his creator-owned comic book series Motor Girl, the writer/artist revealed on Twitter today. The series, which centers on a veteran who is struggling with PTSD while operating a car repair garage frequented by aliens, is

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Reborn Comic Book Optioned

January 23, 2019 Sandra Bullock has booked her next Netflix feature – for now just as a producer, though that could very well change. The Oscar-winning actress, who is coming off the phenomenal, dangerous-meme-spawning success of Bird Box, is set to be involved in – of all things – a

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Once Our Land Comic Book Optioned

November 16, 2018 Scout Comics & Entertainment is excited to announce that Peter Ricq’s ONCE OUR LAND has been optioned by Amber Ripley of Goodbye Productions (ENTANGLEMENT) to develop as an animated feature film. Ricq will adapt with Phil Ivanusic-Vallee. Set in 1830s Germany, Once Our Land is a post-apocalyptic

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Sweet Tooth Comic Book Optioned

November 19, 2018 There’s suddenly a rush to adapt comicbook properties created by Jeff Lemire. With his Black Hammer series part of a deal with Legendary Entertainment, another of his titles, Sweet Tooth is headed to US streaming service Hulu, produced by Robert Downey Jr.’s company. Hap And Leonard creator

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Black Hammer Comic Book Optioned

November 13, 2018 Black Hammer Comic Book Optioned

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Invisibles Comic Book Optioned

November 7, 2018 Grant Morrison is extending his relationship with Universal Cable Productions. The comic book and TV writer and executive producer has signed an overall deal with the studio behind Syfy’s Happy and Brave New World. Under the deal, Morrison will team with the cable-focused studio to develop and

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Survivor’s Club Comic Book Optioned

November 6, 2018 A television series based on the DC/Vertigo series Survivors’ Club is in development for the CW, according to Deadline. Sweet/Vicious writer Jared Frieder is reportedly spearheading the project under Warner Bros. Television, working from the original comic series by writers Lauren Beukes and Dale Halverson, along with

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Kraven’s Last Hunt Comic Book Optioned

October 9, 2018 Richard Wenk, writer of Sony’s Kraven the Hunter movie, has revealed he’s currently working on the script – and that the film could even feature Spider-Man. It seems Sony intends to draw upon the famous Kraven’s Last Hunt comic book arc. Venom was something of a gamble for Sony Pictures; could their Spider-Man spinoffs

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Dark Avengers Comic Book Optioned

October 8, 2018 The Dark Avengers and Norman Osborn may be assembling as part of the Marvel Studios Phase 4 plans following The Avengers 4. It’s currently rumored that Kevin Feige and Marvel Studios had a Dark Avengers script written, but it’s not known if or how along the project

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Long Lost Comic Book Optioned

October 2, 2018 Jenny Klein, a writer/producer who has worked on Jessica Jones and Supernatural, is developing the critically-acclaimed comic Long Lost for television, publisher Scout Comics announced in a press release Tuesday. Long Lost is a haunting story of two estranged sisters who reunite and return to their rural

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The Mall Comic Book Optioned

October 2, 2018 Scout Comics series “The Mall” has been optioned for television by filmmaker Ivan Reitman’s production company Montecito Pictures, according to a press release sent out by the publisher today. The comic, written by Don Handfield (co-creator of the History Channel’s Knightfall) and James Haick III (“Solar Flare“),

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Ice Cream Man Comic Book Optioned

October 1, 2018 Following the success of breakout comedy Happy!, Universal Cable Prods. is adapting another Image Comics property into a TV series. UCP is developing Image Comics’ comic book series Ice Cream Man, which debuted in January. Max and Adam Reid (Sneaky Pete) will write the adaptation. The duo

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Summoner’s War Comic Book Optioned

September 12, 2018 Fan’s of ‘Summoner’s War’ have something incredible to look forward to as it has been revealed that Robert Kirkman of ‘The Walking Dead’ fame is planning on adapting the video game into multiple outlets through his Skybound Entertainment banner. The news comes while fans are still catching

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Eclipse Comic Book Optioned

July 30, 2018 Comic book writer Zack Kaplan is having himself quite the month. Earlier this month his book at AfterShock Comics, The Lost City of Explores, was picked up by Universal Television to develop a television series. Today Deadline is reporting that another one of his comic book titles

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Sly Cooper Comic Book Optioned

July 21, 2018 An animated adaptation of the Sly Cooper brand is coming in October 2019 with 52 episodes planned for the show’s first season. It was announced last year that Technicolor Animation Productions would be partnering with Sony Interactive Entertainment to create a CG animation of Sly Cooper with

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Stargirl Comic Book Optioned

July 21, 2018 One of the biggest pieces of news to come out of San Diego Comic-Con has been the official announcement of a live-action Stargirl television series set to be an exclusive for the DC Universe streaming service. The new show based on the high-flying adventures of young legacy

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Lost City Explorers Comic Book Optioned

July 18, 2018 Less than a month after its debut, and Zack Kaplan and Alvaro Sarraseca’s The Lost City Explorers already has been optioned for television. The AfterShock comics series has been officially picked up by Universal Television to produce the title. Kaplan is attached to the adaptation of the

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Jupiter’s Legacy American Jesus Empress Huck and Sharkey the Bounty Hunter Optioned

July 17, 2018 Last summer, it was announced that streaming giant Netflix had purchased Mark Millar’s comic book company Millarworld, with plans to adapt the writer’s comic books into various TV shows and feature-length films. Today, Netflix announced the five series and movies it’s got in active development and the slate sounds

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Prophet Comic Book Optioned

July 11, 2018 Prophet could be the next creation of Rob Liefeld to get a movie. With Liefeld’s Marvel Comics creation Deadpool having inspired the titular 2016 global box office smash, which globally grossed $783 million, along with this past May’s (currently) $727 million-grossing sequel, the idea of Hollywood delving

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Skyward Comic Book Optioned

July 3, 2018 Skyward comic lands at Sony with director Brad Peyton Variety is reporting that Sony has gained the rights to a new comic book property, Skyward and has already tapped filmmaker Brad Peyton to direct. Creator Joe Henderson, also the current Lucifer showrunner, will both write the adaptation and executive produce

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Animosity Comic Book Optioned

June 29, 2018 Writer Marguerite Bennet and artists Rafael de Latorre’s AfterShock comic book Animosity has been optioned for film by Legendary Entertainment. Animosity tells the story of a world where animals become sentient and gain the ability to speak. Here’s the official log line: “In ANIMOSITY, one day the

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Faith Comic Book Optioned

June 28, 2018 Sony Pictures has decided to move forward with plans to adapt Valiant Comics’ Faith for the big screen. The studio has enlisted American Gods writer Maria Melnik to pen the screenplay for the adaptation. Melnik is credited with writing eight episodes for Starz’s television adaptation of the

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Crowded Comic Book Optioned

June 25, 2018 Rebel Wilson has optioned the rights to Crowded, an upcoming Image Comics book, with the goal of starring in and producing the movie adaptation. Wilson will develop the project and produce it via her Camp Sugar production banner. Also producing is Oni Entertainment. Crowded, written by Christopher

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Silk Comic Book Optioned

June 22, 2018 Sony and producer Amy Pascal are in early development on a movie adaptation of the Marvel comic Silk, about Korean-American superheroine Cindy Moon, which was created by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos. In the comics, Cindy is a student in Peter Parker’s class who also is bitten by a

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Invincible Comic Book Optioned

June 19, 2018 With his first project at Amazon Studios, Robert Kirkman is set to adapt his second most popular comic, Invincible. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Amazon has given a straight-to-series order to an animated Invincible series, based on the Kirkman and Corey Walkers’s comic series of the same

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Body Bags Comic Book Optioned

May 30, 2018 Dave Bautista has signed on to star in and produce a film adaptation of Jason Pearson’s Body Bags – under the new title of Dogtown, according to Deadline. Bautista will play Mack “Clownface” Delgado, a professional bounty hunter who discovers he has a teenage daughter – and

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Analog Comic Book Optioned

May 22, 2018 Lionsgate has picked up the rights to adapt Image Comics’ cyberpunk dystopian comic series “Analog,” with “John Wick” filmmaker Chad Stahelski attached to direct from a screenplay by Ryan Condal, creator of the USA Network series, “Colony.” “Analog” takes place in the near future, after all internet

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Infidel Comic Book Optioned

May 12, 2018 TriStar Pictures has picked up the rights to Infidel, a horror comic from former DC/Vertigo editor Pornsak Pichetshote and artist Aaron Campbell. Michael Sugar, who won an Oscar for producing Spotlight and is an exec producer on Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, will produce the adaptation with Ashley Zalta via

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Swamp Thing Comic Book Optioned

May 3, 2018 The “Swamp Thing” is coming. DC Entertainment has announced plans to adapt the popular comic series — about a swamp-dwelling creature that is part man and part plant, and which roams the marshes of south Louisiana — as a potential live-action TV series, according to The Hollywood

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Failsafe Comic Book Optioned

April 30, 2018 Netflix is activating its Failsafe. Michael B. Jordan is teaming up with Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert Cole to produce Failsafe, an adaptation of the Vault Comics title of the same name. According to a report by Deadline, Jordan is co-producing the adaptation with an eye to

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Heathen Comic Book Optioned

April 26, 2018 EXCLUSIVE: Constantin Film and Prime Universe have teamed to turn the Vault Comic title Heathen into a film with a kickass female Viking warrior protagonist. Script will be written by Kerry Williamson, whose credits include Alex Cross, Netflix’s What Happened to Monday and who’s adapting the fantasy

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East of West and Transhuman Comic Books Optioned

April 19, 2018 Transhuman and East of West have been optioned by Amazon as live-action television series, according to Deadline. Based on the comic book titles written by Jonathan Hickman and drawn by J.M. Ringuet and Nick Dragotta respectively, the two adaptations are produced by Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment as

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Injection Comic Book Optioned

April 11, 2018 Universal Cable Productions is looking to adapt Warren Ellis’ latest comic series to the small screen. The studio has optioned Ellis, Declan Shalvey, and Jordie Bellaire’s comic series INJECTION for TV. The comic was first published in 2015 and revolves around a group of highly specialized individuals

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Hiding In Time Comic Book Optioned

March 5, 2018 Hiding in Time may not immediately spring to mind when it comes to things from the archives of Image Comics that should be adapted in live-action form. However, MGM Television has enough interest, and it just optioned the rights to the seemingly forgotten comic book miniseries, with

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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Comic Book Optioned

February 20, 2018 It looks like Disney Channel is getting in on some more Marvel fun. According to a brand-new report, the network is working on an animated series focused on Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur with one all-star crew. Deadline is reporting that Disney Channels Worldwide is developing the

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Usagi Yojimbo Comic Book Optioned

February 6, 2018 Gaumont has optioned the iconic samurai rabbit comic-book series Usagi Yojimbo from creator, writer and illustrator Stan Sakai, for development into an animated TV series. The project will be co-produced by Gaumont, Sakai, James Wan’s Atomic Monster with Rob Hackett overseeing for the company, and Dark Horse

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Birthright Comic Book Optioned

January 29, 2018 The comic book fantasy series Birthright, produced by Image Comics, is being adapted for the big screen. Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, the writers of the Despicable Me movies, are set to join forces with Robert Kirkman (creator of The Walking Dead) and Kirkman’s own Skybound Entertainment

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SmokeTown Comic Book Optioned

January 16, 2018 Scout Comics and Entertainment is proud to announce that its critically-acclaimed crime/thriller series SMOKETOWN by writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson (AQUAMAN, POWER OF THE DARK CRYSTAL) and artist Scott Van Domelen is now in development with writer/director Vaughn Stein. Vaughn’s most recent film, TERMINAL, starring Margot Robbie, Simon

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Kill or be Killed Comic Book Optioned

December 14, 2017 Kill or be Killed Comic Book Optioned While John Wick director Chad Stahelski is already booked to return for the 2019-scheduled John Wick: Chapter 3 and has burgeoning prospects for a movie reboot of Highlander, it appears that a most intriguing comic book movie project in Kill

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Goldie Vance Comic Book Optioned

December 1, 2017 Goldie Vance Comic Book Optioned 20th Century Fox has bought the rights to the BOOM! Studios graphic novel Goldie Vance with Kerry Washington and Rashida Jones teaming up to bring Hope Larson and Brittney Williams’ comic to the screen. Described as a mix between Nancy Drew and Eloise, the book follows

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Sabrina the Teenage Witch Comic Book Optioned

November 21, 2017 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Comic Book Optioned Sabrina is on the move. The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina series, originally put in development at the CW in September as a potential companion to Riverdale, has landed a 20-episode, two-season, straight-to-series order at Netflix. The now-untitled project, based on

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Danger Girl Comic Book Optioned

November 16, 2017 Danger Girl Comic Book Optioned Constantin Film acquired rights to the comic book series Danger Girl, and will team with Jeremy Bolt’s Bolt Pictures and Adrian Askarieh’s Prime Universe Films to produce a film and develop a TV show from the property. Constantin’s Robert Kulzer will produce

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Morbius Comic Book Optioned

November 13, 2017 Morbius Comic Book Optioned Sony is looking to expand its Spider-Man shared universe with a film centered on Morbius, the Living Vampire. Power Rangers writers Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama developed the script, which was submitted to Sony “after a secret development process.” Created by writer Roy Thomas and

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Darkness Visible Comic Book Optioned

November 6, 2017 Darkness Visible Comic Book Optioned The Darkness Visible comic book series by Mike Carey and Arvind Ethan David is getting the TV series treatment from IDW Entertainment. According to a report from Deadline, IDW will be developing, financing and producing the series. David will serve as executive producer under the Ideate

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Snow Blind Comic Book Optioned

October 31, 2017 Snow Blind Comic Book Optioned Fox has began work developing the BOOM! Studios miniseries Snow Blind by Ollie Masters and Tyler Jenkins as an hour-long drama, reports Deadline. Fox, which co-owns BOOM! Studios, has agreed to a “script commitment plus penalty” for the show under the development

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Nonplayer Comic Book Optioned

October 27, 2017 Nonplayer Comic Book Optioned You might not be familiar with Nonplayer right now, but if Legendary does it right, then everybody might know the name “Dana Stevens” in the future. According to Deadline, Legendary has acquired the movie rights to the beautifully drawn comic book series by

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Velvet Comic Book Optioned

October 4, 2017 Velvet Comic Book Optioned Image Comics spy series Velvet is set to become the very first original scripted drama created for the Paramount Network. Kyle Killen (Awake, Lone Star) will adapt the series, which comes from the creative team of writer Ed Brubaker and artist Steve Epting,

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Lazarus Comic Book Optioned

September 28, 2017 Lazarus Comic Book Optioned Amazon has set up three high-profile drama series for development: Ringworld, based on Larry Niven’s classic science fiction book; Lazarus, based on the comic book by Greg Rucka (Jessica Jones); and Snow Crash, based on Neal Stephenson’s cult novel. The streaming platform has been ramping up its

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Kill the Minotaur Comic Book Optioned

September 23, 2017 Kill the Minotaur Comic Book Optioned A fresh Image Comics series is getting the silver screen treatment. The Hollywood Reporter announces that Skybound Entertainment, the company operated by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, has joined forced with Universal Pictures to adapt Kill the Minotaur, which just

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Strangers in Paradise Comic Book Optioned

September 13, 2017 Strangers in Paradise Comic Book Optioned Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise has been optioned for a big-screen adaptation, with filmmaker Angela Robinson at the helm. The long-running comic, which will return for a short engagement in 2018 to celebrate its 25th anniversary, centers on three characters: Katchoo,

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Heartthrob Comic Book Optioned

August 28, 2017 Heartthrob Comic Book Optioned Oni Press has announced that Heartthrob by Christopher Sebela, Robert Wilson IV, and Nick Filardi has been optioned by Studio 8 for a potential television series. Heartthrob is the critically acclaimed comic book that mixes romance and heists in a story about second

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Black Comic Book Optioned

August 3, 2017 Black Comic Book Optioned EXCLUSIVE: HBO and Amazon are developing their respective controversial alt-history series Confederate and Black America for the small screen, but Studio 8 is aiming bigger with Black. With its premise of a nation where only African-Americans possess superpowers, the comic series from Black Mask Studios

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Princeless Comic Book Optioned

July 22, 2017 Princeless Comic Book Optioned Sony Pictures has optioned movie rights to the Action Lab Comics series Princeless. Created by Jeremy Whitley and Emily Martin, the series follows a young black princess who, instead of waiting for a prince to save her, takes matters into her own hands.

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Mind MGMT Comic Book Optioned

July 17, 2017 Mind MGMT Comic Book Optioned Dark Horse Entertainment and Universal Cable Productions are sticking together. The comic book company has renewed its first-look deal with the studio on the heels of Umbrella Academy‘s recent series order at Netflix. Under the re-upped pact, the two will continue to develop

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Spencer and Locke Comic Book Optioned

July 10, 2017 Spencer and Locke Comic Book Optioned Debuting this past April from Action Lab Entertainment, David Pepose and Jorge Santiago Jr.’s Spencer & Locke made immediate waves in the comic book industry. So much, in fact, that Hitman producer Adrian Askarieh has already optioned the movie rights to the series. “I

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Superman Red Son Comic Book Optioned

June 27, 2017 Superman Red Son Comic Book Optioned It started with an exchange between Mark Millar and Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts which saw the latter reveal that Warner Bros. had turned down his pitch for a Superman: Red Son movie but Den of Geek claims to have

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Duke Nukem and Borderlands Comic Books Optioned

June 14, 2017 Duke Nukem and Borderlands Comic Books Optioned Gearbox Software has provided an update on the Borderlands movie while also revealing plans to make a Duke Nukem adaptation. Comic book movies are currently enjoying a renaissance, and next up might be video game movies. It’s no secret that

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The Witcher Comic Book Optioned

May 17, 2017 The Witcher Comic Book Optioned Netflix is developing and producing an English-language TV show based on The Witcher. The franchise started life as a series of fantasy novels by Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski, before being turned into a number of critically acclaimed video games. Now it’s coming

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Wayward Comic Book Optioned

May 15, 2017 Wayward Comic Book Optioned Jim Zub and Steven Cummings’ Wayward ongoing comic series from Image has been optioned for television by Manga Entertainment, the UK-based co-producer and distributor of several anime franchises such as Ghost in the Shell and Street Fighter Alpha. The blurb here says the series

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The Old Guard Comic Book Optioned

April 4, 2017 The Old Guard Comic Book Optioned THR is reporting that Skydance Productions has picked up the rights to Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez’s new Image Comics series The Old Guard, tapping Rucka to pen a script for the movie adaptation. The Old Guard follows “a small group

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Invincible Comic Book Optioned

April 4, 2017 Invincible Comic Book Optioned Comic fans Rogen and Goldberg will write, direct and produce a movie adaptation, with the ‘Walking Dead’ creator also producing. Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are teaming up with Robert Kirkman to bring the Walking Dead creator’s comic book Invincible to the big

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Archer & Armstrong Comic Book Optioned

March 31, 2017 Archer & Armstrong Comic Book Optioned ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ writer Terry Rossio is also on board for the adaptation of the comic book. Valiant Entertainment, the independent comic publisher behind Harbinger, Bloodshot and X-O Manowar, is continuing its move into movie production. Heat Vision has learned that the

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Batgirl Comic Book Optioned

March 30, 2017 Batgirl Comic Book Optioned Batgirl is flying solo. The superheroine is getting her own standalone movie from filmmaker Joss Whedon. Whedon is nearing a deal to write, direct, and produce an untitled Batgirl pic for Warner Bros. as part of its DC Extended Universe. No other producers are

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The Pro Comic Book Optioned

March 22, 2017 The Pro Comic Book Optioned Paramount Pictures has picked up the film rights to Garth Ennis, Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti’s 2002 graphic novel “The Pro”. The story involves a prostitute who wakes up one day with superhero powers and is asked to join the League of

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Nightwing Comic Book Optioned

February 23, 2017 Nightwing Comic Book Optioned Warner Bros. is developing a Nightwing standalone film with LEGO Batman director Chris McKay. The announcement comes shortly after revealing War of the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves will be helming The Batman. McKay is in negotiations to direct the standalone

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Witchblade Comic Book Optioned

January 20, 2017  Witchblade Comic Book Optioned Now that Rob Liefeld’s entire catalog has been optioned, networks are scrambling for the next ’90s property and NBC has settled on Witchblade, by Marc Silvestri, a series which ran from 1995-2015 for 185 issues. The show will be executive produced by Carol Mendelsohn (CSI) and

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Extreme Universe Comic Book Optioned

January 3, 2017 Extreme Universe Comic Book Optioned About a year ago, a little R-rated comic book movie by the name of Deadpool surprised audiences and critics everywhere with one of the year’s biggest box office performances. You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone more pleased with the film’s success–and that of

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Bone Comic Book Optioned

November 16, 2016 Bone Comic Book Optioned Mark Osborne, director of Kung Fu Panda and The Little Prince, is adapting Jeff Smith’s beloved fantasy comic book Bone as an animated movie at Warner Bros. The Bone movie will be co-scripted by Osborne and Adam Kline (Artemis Fowl). Warner Bros. obtained

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Avengelyne Comic Book Optioned

November 3, 2016 Avengelyne Comic Book Optioned EXCLUSIVE: Paramount has made a preemptive film rights deal for Avengelyne, with Akiva Goldsman producing with an eye toward directing a thriller revolving around a heroine hatched by Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld. Goldsman, who is currently overseeing the Hasbro movies for Paramount after

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Hacktivist Comic Book Optioned

October 17, 2016 Hacktivist Comic Book Optioned Alyssa Milano’s 2014 graphic novel Hacktivist is heading to the small screen. The CW is developing a drama series adaptation of fast-paced cyber-thriller from the former Mistresses star, Covert Affairs creators/executive producers Matt Corman and Chris Ord, BOOM! Studios and CBS TV Studios.

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Polarity Comic Book Optio

October 6, 2016 Polarity Comic Book Optioned “Polarity,” the BOOM! Studios comic written by Say Anything frontman Max Bemis and illustrated by Jorge Coelho, is being developed for television. The news arrived just ahead of New York Comic Con from TheWrap, which reports Fox 21 has acquired the rights the

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Trees Comic Book Optioned

September 26, 2016 Trees Comic Book Optioned NBCUniversal International Studios has optioned rights to Image Comics’ graphic novel series Trees. First published in 2014, the sci-fi works are by comic book writer and New York Times bestselling author Warren Ellis (Red) and illustrator, Jason Howard. Adapting for the screen will

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Black Magick Comic Book Optioned

July 21, 2016 Black Magick Comic Book Optioned Groundswell Productions landed the rights to the Eisner Award-winning fantasy cop drama. TV’s comic book invasion continues. Eisner Award-wining author Greg Rucka and illustrator Nicola Scott’s Image Comics title Black Magick is being developed for the small screen, The Hollywood Reporter has

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Mouse Guard Comic Book Optioned

July 18, 2016 Mouse Guard Comic Book Optioned The Boom! graphic novel series featuring mice will get the ‘Jungle Book’ treatment as a CG live-action. Matt Reeves and Gary Whitta are teaming up to adapt the Eisner-winning graphic novel series Mouse Guard. Fox has optioned the best-selling work by David

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Plutona Comic Book Optioned

July 14, 2016 Plutona Comic Book Optioned Heading into Comic-Con, Ken Kao’s company has picked up rights to Jeff Lemire and illustrator Emi Lenox’s comic series. Kao will produce with partner Dan Kao and Addictive Pictures’ Russell Ackerman and John Schoenfelder under their first-look deal. Plutona is a coming-of-age story

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Aleister Arcane Comic Book Optioned

6-21-16 Aleister Arcane Comic Book Optioned Jim Carrey will star in and executive produce while Eli Roth directs the long-in-development horror movie “Aleister Arcane” for Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment. “Aleister Aracane,” written by Steven Niles, was first published in 2004 by IDW Comics. Jon Croker will adapt for the screen. Mandeville

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The Kitchen Comic Book Optioned

June 18, 2016 Vertigo, the darker side of DC that has brought us comics and graphic novels like Preacher, iZombie and The Sandman (which either have turned or are being made into into must-see TV and movies), is having another one of its titles adapted for the screen. New Line

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Rising Stars Comic Book Optioned

June 14, 2016 MGM is reportedly developing a film adaptation of J. Michael Straczynski’s (“Babylon 5”) Top Cow series “Rising Stars.” According to Deadline, Straczynski is writing the feature film’s script, with Alex Gartner (“The Bank Job”) and Richard Suckle (“American Hustle”) producing for Atlas Entertainment. Launched in 1999 as

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Surface Tension Comic Book Optioned

June 10, 2016 We don’t have a lot of details just yet, but word has come from Titan Comics that Jay Gunn’s Surface Tension series (published March 2016) has been optioned for TV by Awesome Media & Entertainment! Founded by writer-producer Jeff Norton and co-owned by media veteran Peter Sussman,

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Curse Comic Book Optioned

May 10, 2016 Blumhouse, the company behind films like Paranormal Activity, Insidious, and The Purge, has kind of become the biggest name in horror. Now it’s looking to add to that list of titles by acquiring the rights to the awesome-sounding werewolf comic book series, Curse. Curse was published in

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Irredeemable Comic Book Optioned

May 5, 2016 EXCLUSIVE: Move over, X-Men and Deadpool. 20th Century Fox has tapped into an entirely new superhero universe. The studio has acquired Irredeemable, a Boom! Comics comic book that will be adapted by Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters writer-director Tommy Wirkola as a directing vehicle for Adam McKay. McKay,

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Empress Comic Book Optioned

May 4, 2016 There’s nobody in the comics universe that Hollywood seems to love more than Mark Millar. The genius behind the Civil War arc has so far seen Wanted, Kick-Ass and Kick-Ass all adapted (with sequels for all three either already released or announced and forthcoming), and his Superman:

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Klaus Comic Book Optioned

May 3, 2016 Is Grant Morrison’s Klaus being optioned for a movie. Possibly if Bleeding Cool is to be believed. Klaus is Grant Morrison’s Santa Year One story featuring the origin of Santa Claus. Copies of Klaus #1 are fairly cheap and can be easily found. A few copies closed

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Shinobi Comic Book Optioned

May 2, 2016 While video games are still struggling to find the cinematic adaptation that will give them the sort of credibility that comic books have received, one thing that’s for sure is that production companies are not letting the lack of success thus far dissuade them from finding new

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American Jesus and Supercrooks Comic Books Optioned

April 26, 2016 “American Jesus” and “Supercrooks” are headed to film. According to Deadline, Waypoint Entertainment has acquired the rights to both properties, which were written by “Kingsman” scribe Mark Millar and drawn by artists Peter Gross and Leinil Francis Yu respectively. Millar — the writer behind “Kick-Ass” and Marvel

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Micronauts, Visionaries, M.A.S.K and ROM Comic Books Optioned

April 21, 2016 The plan is for a universe featuring Hasbro’s G.I. Joe, Micronauts, Visionaries, M.A.S.K. (Mobile Armored Strike Kommand) and ROM brands. Hasbro’s cinematic universe has assembled its writers room, with a Pulitzer Prize winner, an Eisner-winning comic book author and Marvel Studios scribes among those who will be

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Faster Than Light Comic Book Optioned

April 8, 2016 Skydance Television is developing Faster Than Light, the best-selling augmented reality comic series, for TV. Created by Brian Haberlin, Faster than Light tells the story of humanity’s first thrilling and terrifying adventures to the stars, set in the present day. It features an augmented reality app created

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Cloak and Dagger Comic Book Optioned

April 4, 2016 Marvel’s long-discussed “Cloak and Dagger” television adaptation has been given a straight-to-series order by Freeform, the cable channel previously known as ABC Family. Variety characterizes the series as a “superhero love story” based on the comic book characters created by Bill Mantlo and artist Ed Hannigan. “Cloak

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Cable Comic Book Character Optioned

February 9, 2016 Today, reports hit the web that Fox has greenlit a Deadpool sequel. What ComicBook.com can tell you is that the X-Men character, Cable, will be joining him. We don’t know how large a role Cable will play in the Deadpool sequel, but Colossus plays a fairly significant

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Unfollow Comic Book Optioned

November 17, 2015 ABC is expanding its comic book universe. The broadcast network, already home to Marvel TV, is adapting Vertigo comic book Unfollow, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Written and executive produced by The Originals showrunner Michael Narducci, the drama — which has received a script commitment from the network

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Mantis character Optioned for GOTG 2 Movie

October 29, 2015 Deadline is reporting that Pom Klementieff will play Mantis in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2. Marvel is still officially keeping the French actress’s role a secret, but Deadline claims to have been told by inside sources that half-Vietnamese, half-German superhero, with psychic powers and martial arts

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