Fri Mar 14, 2008 9:56PM3 comments ›
Fri Mar 14, 2008 — by Chris Ullrich
Dark Horse and Universal Announce Production Deal
Dark Horse goes to the movies.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal Pictures and Dark Horse Entertainment today announced an exclusive production and distribution agreement which effectively makes Universal the new home for all of Dark Horse's film, television and comics properties for the next three years.
Specifically, this deal gives Universal the rights to all of the properties currently held by Dark Horse as well as anything that the company may want to aquire or develop in the future. It's not a one-way street, however, as Dark Horse is able to tap into Universal's vast financial and development resources to develop, finance and distribute projects of its own.
Of course, many of Dark Horse's properties have already been made into films including The Mask, Barb Wire, Timecop and Mystery Men. In addition, Universal is currently behind the latest Dark Horse comic book project: Hellboy 2: The Golden Army.
Given this new deal one wonders if we might end up seeing feature film version of some of the most popular Dark Horse titles like Angel: After the Fall or or even Buffy: Season Eight? As a fan of both of those comics, I hope so.
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Comments (3)
Matt Lazorwitz (6:44 AM on Sat Mar 15, 2008)
Good for Dark Horse. But just to make a point, Angel:After the Fall isn't a Dark Horse book, it's an IDW title. The Buffy/Angel license is split between the two companies.
mike weber (9:21 AM on Sat Mar 15, 2008)
Also, since those are licensed properties - licensed from a different production company - it may well be that they're not available in this deal.
Chris Ullrich (11:55 AM on Sat Mar 15, 2008)
Of course you are absolutely correct about Angel being at IDW. Thanks for pointing it out. I was just hoping a bit too much that the deal would cover "all" off the Joss Whedon creations. Given the circumstances, probably not. Too bad.