What is Elfquest? It is a fantasy story about a community of elves and other fictional species who struggle to survive and coexist on a primitive Earth-like planet with two moons. Several published volumes of prose fiction also share the same setting. Over the years Elfquest has been self-published by the Pinis, then Marvel Comics,[1] then the Pinis again through their own company Warp Graphics and more recently DC Comics. - Wikipedia
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October news started to look up as a new writer, Joe Ahearne (
Dr. Who) was hired to rewrite the script. A script that initially was started by the director of
Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story, Rawson Marshall Thurber. Rawson was also set to direct the feature if it ever got the greenlight.
That was then and this is now. As Wendy Masque, an employee at Warp Graphics has posted a somber update on the
Elfquest Official Facebook Page:
"After close to four years of suspense - and longer than four years of your much-appreciated interest and support - the word has come down from Warner Bros. And the word is "no." Their simple explanation is that they don't want to compete with "The Hobbit." This was a possibility, among several, that we were prepared for. It is a relief, at last, to know.
So...where that leaves us is that Wendy has done all she can, for three decades, with regard to an Elfquest movie. There is nothing more she can do or wants to do. As for Richard, he will continue to manage Warp Graphics' properties and pursue publishing and licensing opportunities.
Thank you so much for all your love and encouragement. Believe us, it has not fallen on bare rock. We will spend the next few years producing Elfquest "The Final Quest." Then, who knows? Our capacity for dreaming big has not diminished.
Let's keep our fingers crossed and hope another studio sees some potential in this cult classic comic book.
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