| ENI | Action Figures | Comics | Games | Horror | Marvel | Star Wars | Transformers |  |
|
| Animation | Anime | ARCADE | Classifieds | Entertainment | Television | Podcasts |
 |
|
|
|
IM Global and Platinum Studios, Inc Partner to Bring 'Hero By Night' to TV
Reported by Jay Cochran - 11:29 AM 2008.11.14
 IM Global a worldwide financing, sales and distribution outfit for big-budget genre movies and specialty films and Platinum Studios, Inc., an entertainment company that controls an international library of more than 5,600 comic book characters which it adapts, produces and licenses for all forms of media, announced today that they will develop a live action television series based on the Comic Book Challenge winner "Hero By Night".Under the agreement, IM Global will handle worldwide distribution for the project and will produce Hero By Night through their IM Global Television banner run by television veteran Gavin Reardon, who brokered the deal along with the Rigberg Entertainment Group. Hero By Night, created by 2006 Comic Book Challenge winner, DJ Coffman, tells the story of young landlord, Jack King, who uncovers the lair of the legendary Hero by Night. Determined to make a little extra cash, Jack auctions the Hero's journal on eBay. His plans backfire when he attracts the attention of Hero by Night's old arch-enemy. Jack must now embrace a buried legacy to stop a madman from completing his diabolical schemes. Platinum Studios' Chairman and CEO Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and IM Global's Stuart Ford and Gavin Reardon are set to executive produce the series along with Rigberg Entertainment Group's Glenn Rigberg. Platinum Studios' vice president of Film and TV Rich Marincic will co-produce and former Universal Pictures' senior executive, Randy Greenberg, of The Greenberg Group, who negotiated the deal, would co-executive produce. "We are very happy to be working with Stuart and IM Global -- Stuart is one of those rare entertainment executives who has a keen understanding of the business of entertainment and what makes for compelling entertainment," said Rosenberg. "Hero By Night is a wonderful young adult weekly adventure series." "Hero By Night provides a wonderful opportunity to make action-adventure wish-fulfillment weekly television," said Ford. "Platinum Studios' depth of story and characters is unparalleled and presents a fantastic opportunity for IM Global and we are pleased to be working on this project with them." MORE television NEWS
|
|
|
|
| ENI |
About
Get the scoop on all the popular comics, figures, games, movies, and tv every day! Entertainment News International is the fastest growing POP culture network for millions of fans every month. |
Sites
Anime Newsi -
Comic Newsi -
ENewsi -
ENI Arcade -
Game Newsi -
Jedi Insider -
Marvelous News -
TFieds -
TFormers -
Toy Newsi
|
Links
|
Support
|
| This site and content are copyright © 2012 Entertainment News International - All other rights revert to their lawful owners This website is provided for the general public as an information and entertainment resource. If you feel this site has infringed on your legal rights, please contact us |
||||