DMG Entertainment Purchases Valiant Comics; Live-Action DOCTOR MIRAGE Series In Development At The CW

DMG Entertainment Purchases Valiant Comics; Live-Action DOCTOR MIRAGE Series In Development At The CW

DMG Entertainment, a film studio with strong Chinese connections, has purchased Valiant Comics- home of Ninjak, XO-O Manowar, and more. There's also a superhero TV series in development at The CW.

By MarkJulian - Jan 30, 2018 08:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Comics
Source: Deadline

DMG Entertainment (a film company best known around these parts for brokering a deal with Marvel Studios on Iron Man 3 to increase its presence in China), is seeking to develop a superhero universe all its own. The company has purchased Valiant Comics, a publisher with a number of comic book adaptation already in development including Archer & Armstrong, Bloodshot, Harbinger and Ninjak.

In recent years, DMG had purchased upwards of 57% of Valiant but they apparently see room for expansion as they've now acquired 100% of the company.

In addition, it's been revealed that a live-action adaptation of Doctor Mirage is in development at The CW.
 

Doctor Mirage talks to the dead…but the only spirit Shan Fong can’t find is that of her late husband, Hwen. Instead, America’s favorite semi-retired paranormal investigator is haunted and raw, using her gift to solve homicides and bring peace to the recently bereaved. But when a big-time occultist with a classified military past hires her for a special job, Shan discovers a lead that might close the greatest mystery she’s ever tackled – how to get Hwen back. Now, Doctor Mirage must enter the undiscovered country and cross all the realms of the underworld, if she has any hope of rescuing the man she loves…or be forever lost beyond the earthly plane.
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thunderforce
thunderforce - 1/30/2018, 8:37 AM
These guys are dummies to not start off with a X-O manowar movie .
HeavyMetal4Life
HeavyMetal4Life - 1/30/2018, 8:37 AM
So we're getting this from the CW, even though they seem to hate the idea of adding more superhero shows to the network even though they are a major success for the CW, but we're not getting a Constantine show??

TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 1/30/2018, 8:55 AM
This should be great news for all the people who want all the Marvel and DC characters to be dark and hard R even when it doesn’t fit those characters. Valiant has some of the best superheroes out there. They finally put together a movie universe and it could be unique and amazing.
TheBlueMorpho
TheBlueMorpho - 1/30/2018, 10:41 AM
@TheUnworthyThor -

Just like with Cap-Thor-Iron-Man. They could build the start of the Valiant Universe with Eternal Warrior-Ninjak-X-0. Do the Unity team-up movie and introduce Livewire and expand from there. People might say its copying but if a proper build works then you go for it.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 1/30/2018, 11:01 AM
@TheBlueMorpho - People can say it’s copying all they want but often times there is only one way to do something the right way. Although I think it would be foolish to try any team-up without Bloodshot. Have to use all your best toys.
TheBlueMorpho
TheBlueMorpho - 1/30/2018, 11:18 AM
@TheUnworthyThor -

I guess its just preference for me. I started late into Valiant. I actually started with Unity (2013) and then from there went to the solo titles of X-0, Ninjak, and Eternal Warrior pretty backwards I know. So from those 3 I delved deeper into Valiant like Archer and Armstrong and Ivar the Timewalker and such. So from my point of view that's why my pitch made sense for me on what to start with.

I've read some Bloodshot but never really got that into him. In your opinion which Valiant character is the easiest to sell to the public?
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 1/30/2018, 11:44 AM
@TheBlueMorpho - I think Bloodshot is definitely the easiest to sell. He’s got an interesting power set and a good look, his story is grounded enough to be an easy enough starting off point, has enough similarities to characters like Wolverine to be intriguing from the get go, and unlike X-O Manowar, he wouldn’t break the bank. Then Ninjak I think would be the next easy enough to sell, James Bond meets Batman but a Ninja, and then followed by X-O Manowar, Harbinger*, and Shadowman. But I think they are all gold. Such great characters that the general audience is going to fall in love with once they are introduced to them. And putting them altogether in Unity will be something special. And once the world is set up the general audience is going to get a kick out of Archer & Armstrong and Quantum & Woody just like they did with GotG.
CapnMurphy2021
CapnMurphy2021 - 1/30/2018, 9:17 AM
Curious how this will effect the Sony film distribution? Or... will it? Which aspects of Valiant does DMG now own?

Seems like we’re missing a bit of information (or clarity) on this... ?
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