Collaboration with groundbreaking comic creator
and multiplatform powerhouse sets focus on growing original genre
content exclusively for Prime Video
(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced it has closed an overall
deal with prolific creator Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead,
Invincible) and a first-look deal with Kirkman’s Skybound
Entertainment, co-founded by longtime collaborator David Alpert.
Kirkman and Skybound—the entities behind television hits The
Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead and Outcast—will develop
television projects to debut exclusively on Prime Video. This
collaboration comes on the heels of Amazon Studios’ new expanded
push into science fiction, fantasy and horror programming. Skybound
Entertainment’s co-presidents of film and television, Bryan and
Sean Furst, will oversee the Amazon project slate in conjunction
with Kirkman and Alpert.
“Robert is a gifted storyteller who shares our passion for
elevated genre storytelling that pushes boundaries,” said Sharon
Tal Yguado, Head of Event Series, Amazon Studios. “Robert and the
team at Skybound are some of the most innovative and fearless
creatives in the business. Together, we plan to explore immersive
worlds and bold ideas for Prime Video.”
“At Skybound Entertainment we strive to tell the best stories in
the most unique and creative ways in an effort to always break new
ground,” said Robert Kirkman. “A forward thinking company like
Amazon is the perfect home for us. Their new foray into genre
fiction has us at peak optimism for what can be accomplished during
this unprecedented partnership. Sharon Tal Yguado has been an
instrumental force in the success of Walking Dead and Outcast from
day one. Being able to not only continue that relationship,
but also expand it into new territory with the vast resources of
Amazon, means great things are ahead for myself, David Alpert,
Skybound and fans of awesome entertainment. Look out world,
here we come!”
First and foremost a comic creator, Kirkman has seen
groundbreaking success in the adaptation of his comic book titles
into major franchises in all forms of content. In 2010, his Eisner
award winning series, The Walking Dead, was developed into an AMC
television series. It has become a worldwide phenomenon as the
highest-rated basic cable drama of all time and is the #1 show on
television among the coveted 18-49 demo. The property has also been
extended into a blockbuster game franchise, licensing business and
ongoing publishing success. Kirkman also serves as consulting
producer of The Talking Dead, the popular talk show hosted by Chris
Hardwick that deep dives into each week’s episode of both The
Walking Dead and its companion series Fear the Walking Dead.
Kirkman is co-creator, writer and producer of The Walking Dead’s
companion series, Fear the Walking Dead. He is also executive
producer of the AMC series Robert Kirkman’s Secret History of
Comics, and the pre-apocalyptic drama, Five Year, that is being
developed for multiple territories including Germany, India,
Brazil, and Italy. Kirkman’s popular demonic-exorcism comic,
Outcast, was adapted, produced and airs on Cinemax. For the big
screen, Kirkman will produce Invincible based on his long-running
popular comic book. The project will be written, directed and
produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg for Universal Pictures.
Other credits include AIR featuring Norman Reedus and Academy Award
nominee, Djimon Hounsou. Additional Kirkman comics include Super
Dinosaur, Battle Pope, Astounding Wolf-Man, and Thief of
Thieves.
Skybound Entertainment, the multiplatform entertainment company
led by Robert Kirkman and David Alpert, is responsible for such
television hits including The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead
and Outcast. Moving into the digital content space, Skybound
produced the first-ever narrative VR series, GONE, for Samsung’s
Milk VR platform and in 2017 will produce VR horror series Lies
Within, which is the first project out of Skybound’s partnership
with interactive theatrical company Delusion. The company currently
has a number of different film projects in development including
properties for their two-year first look deal with Universal.
Skybound Entertainment recently announced its expansion with the
opening of Skybound North, a Vancouver-based production division of
the company. Skybound North is led by former LucasFilm Animation
executive, Catherine Winder (The Angry Birds Movie, Star Wars: The
Clone Wars). Comic book titles published by Skybound include: The
Walking Dead, Invincible, Outcast, Birthright, Green Valley,
Horizon, and Demonic. Skybound Entertainment’s interactive division
works with partners including Telltale’s The Walking Dead, Free
Range Games’ Labyrinth, Night School Studios’ Oxenfree, Pipeworks’
Superfight, and Overkill’s The Walking Dead. Skybound also creates
a wide range of merchandise, including tabletop card games
Superfight and Red Flags, apparel, board games, and action
figures.
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About Skybound Entertainment
Founded in 2010, Skybound Entertainment is a multiplatform
entertainment company that houses projects ranging from television,
film, digital content, comics, interactive gaming, and live events.
Skybound Entertainment is responsible for such television hits
including The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead and Outcast.
Moving into the digital content space, Skybound produced the
first-ever narrative VR series, Gone, for Samsung’s Milk VR
platform and in 2017 will produce VR horror series Lies Within,
which is the first project out of Skybound’s partnership with
interactive theatrical company Delusion. Skyboud recently announced
the film adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s second-longest running
comic series Invincible, with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg attached
to direct, write, and produce the movie for Universal.
Additional newly announced Skybound projects include Five Year,
Mastermind and Heroes and Villains: The History of Comics.
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