Comments on: Universal Hearts Dark Horse

by: Jami

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 18:18:13 +0000

Now I’m totally confused. It seems that most of the Dark Horse titles are creator owned in some fashion or another. Maybe this deal gives Universal access to properties that have given Dark Horse permission to develop movies.

by: Steve

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:57:57 +0000

Actually, Usagi Yojimbo and Grendal and some others) are owned by their respective creators and just published by Dark Horse Comics. They are not Dark Horse Properties, which are characters that were specifically developed by or for Dark Horse Comics themselves.

by: Devin

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 22:34:10 +0000

I’d love to see a Grendel movie with Orion Assante becoming the first Grendel Khan…

They could definitely do a trilogy from “God and the Devil” with Eppy Thatcher as the Grendel, to Orion as Grendel Khan in “Devil’s Reign,” to Grendel Prime kidnapping Orion’s son Jupiter in “War Child”…

by: Kindless

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:58:02 +0000

Oh dude.. if they could do Blade of the Immortal I would die of crunchy pants syndrome.

by: Cowhat Ninja

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:37:36 +0000

I hate to burst your bubble, but Fables is a DC (Vertigo) title. There’s plenty of other titles in Dark Horse’s repertoire…the Goon, perhaps? Oh! There should TOTALLY be an Escapist movie. But yeah, a Grendel movie would be awesome, too.

by: Marty

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:23:02 +0000

Here’s the part I’m not sure of…

Don’t say, Stan Sakai and Matt Wagner own the rights to the characters, effectively making them impossible for Dark Horse to sell?

That’s not to say that we wouldn’t see a Grendel or Usagi film, but I think they’d more likely be films with properties owned by Dark Horse…and honestly, I can’t think of any original, Dark Horse owned properties…maybe X and Ghost? Possibly Big Guy & Rusty The Boy Robot? (although Darrow/Miller may own the rights)