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…
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…
November 13, 2018 Black Hammer 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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“),…
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…
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…
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…
