AMAZON STUDIOS ACQUIRES RIGHTS TO CHARLES SOULE & RYAN BROWNE’S COMIC BOOK SERIES EIGHT BILLION GENIES AFTER A HEATED AUCTION
Last week, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Amazon Studios has acquired the development rights to Charles Soule and Ryan Browne‘s bestselling comic book series at Image Comics, Eight Billion Genies, after a heated auction.
The first project coming out of the deal is a feature film, which will be executive produced by Soule and Browne and serve as the cornerstone in a cross-media Universe of storytelling.
The Eight Billion Genies comic book series asks, If you had one wish… what would you wish for? Now, what if everyone else on the planet had one wish too? At exactly the same moment, everyone on earth gets a genie and one wish. Eight seconds later, the world has transformed forever…and that’s just the beginning.
The comic series is available now in print at comic book shops and digitally across many platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play:
And coming soon:
- Eight Billion Genies #3 – Diamond Code MAY220220 – on sale Wednesday, July 13
- Eight Billion Genies #4 Cover A by Browne – Diamond Code JUN220264 – on sale Wednesday, August 10
- Eight Billion Genies #4 Cover B by Christian Ward – Diamond Code JUN220265 – on sale Wednesday, August 10
ABOUT CHARLES SOULE
Charles Soule is a #1 New York Times-bestselling novelist and Eisner-nominated comics writer. His work has sold millions of copies, including some of the most prominent comic stories of the last decade for Marvel, DC and Lucasfilm (a groundbreaking run on Daredevil, the mega-bestsellers Death of Wolverine and Darth Vader: Dark Lord of the Sith, and his run on She-Hulk, which served as inspiration for the upcoming Disney+ television show.) In addition to his work in comics, he was one of the primary architects and lead-off writer for the hugely successful Star Wars: The High Republic initiative, works as a Creative Consultant for Lucasfilm, Ltd., and has written three acclaimed novels for HarperCollins and Del Rey, with a fourth to be published in 2023. His projects in development for film and television include his novels The Oracle Year and Anyone, and his comic series Letter 44, Undiscovered Country and Curse Words (co-created with Ryan Browne). Photo credit: Marc Lemoine
ABOUT RYAN BROWNE
Ryan Browne is a Harvey Award-nominated comic artist and cartoonist, who has worked for DC Comics (Swamp Thing) as well as Marvel (X-Men), Image, Valiant, and more. He is the creator of the long-running fan-favorite surreal superhero comic God Hates Astronauts, which has been consistently published for over a decade to a hugely devoted fanbase. In addition, he is the creator of the avant-garde, improvised speed-comic Blast Furnace, now in its third volume, and the co-creator of the Image Comics series Curse Words, currently in development for television. Photo credit: Christopher Neseman
Charles Soule and Ryan Browne are represented by Angela Cheng Caplan of Cheng Caplan Company and Eric Feig of Feig Law.
Publisher – Image Comics
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.
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