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Japan’s Fuji TV & ‘Walking Dead’ firm Skybound team for ‘Heart Attack’ adaptation

Skybound Entertainment, the US entertainment firm founded by Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, is partnering with Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV on a live-action adaptation of its graphic novel series Heart Attack. The co-production will see Fuji TV producing and broadcasting the sci-fi series locally, while Skybound distributes globally. Created by Shawn Kittelsen and illustrator Eric […]

Skybound Entertainment & Fifth Planet Games acquire Icelandic ‘The Minister’ firm Sagafilm

Skybound Entertainment and Fifth Planet Games have jointly acquired Sagafilm, the Icelandic production company behind The Minister. Sagafilm is currently working on the second season of the political drama, which has been sold by Cineflix Rights to Viaplay in the UK and Germany. Other upcoming titles include the feature thriller Operation Napoleon, while the firm […]

Robert Kirkman’s Skybound to adapt Korean feature The Villainess

Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment and Next Entertainment World’s Content Panda have partnered to produce The Villainess, a scripted series based on the 2017 Korean film of the same name. Skybound and Contents Panda are currently looking for a writer for The Villainess. Jung Byung-gil, who directed the original film, is attached to direct to pilot episode. […]

Robert Kirkman’s Skybound & SPT launch scripted venture

Skybound Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has launched Skybound Galactic, a new venture formed and led by Rick Jacobs (pictured) that will finance the development and production of scripted television series. SPT is an investor in Galactic and will sell international rights for projects from the venture. Skybound Galactic’s current development includes Thief of […]

The Walking Dead’s Kirkman signs deal with Amazon

Amazon has closed an overall deal with The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and a first-look deal with his prodco Skybound Entertainment. Kirkman and the prodco will develop titles to debut exclusively on Prime Video. Skybound’s co-presidents of film and television, Bryan and Sean Furst, will oversee the Amazon project slate in conjunction with Kirkman […]

Viki orders Kirkman pre-apocalypse original

International online video platform Viki has exclusively bagged a Robert Kirkman-created original drama set in a pre-apocalyptic world. Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment will produce Five Year, which is about a family living on an Earth that set five years away from being struck by a deadly meteor. The 16-episode show will be filmed as a Korean […]

Walking Dead team pact with Insurrection

The creators of zombie drama The Walking Dead have signed a pod deal with indie talent-focused Insurrection Media. Robert Kirkman (pictured left, on right) and David Alpert’s Skybound Entertainment becomes the latest company to partner with Insurrection, coming after Wet Hot American Summer producer Jonathan Stern and former Paramount Digital senior executive Keith Quinn signed […]