SYFY PILOT ‘RESIDENT ALIEN’ SETS CAST   ALAN TUDYK has been cast in the series title role of Harry Vanderspeigle. The sleepy little town of Patience, Colorado changed forever when an alien crashes to earth and takes over the body of Doctor Harry Vanderspeigle, one of the town’s most reclusive citizens.  The alien is up to no good, but his mission is sidetracked when the local doctor is murdered and our alien Harry is forced…

Based on Mike Mignola’s award-winning comic series, HELLBOY, starring David Harbour, Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, and Daniel Dae Kim is set to hit theaters in early 2019. In HELLBOY, the titular hero is caught between the worlds of humans and the supernatural as he battles an ancient sorceress bent on revenge. Neil Marshal (“The Descent”) is signed on to direct this new film. Production will be handled by Millennium Films, Lawrence Gordon Productions, Dark Horse…

The Netflix original series The Umbrella Academy is adding more members. Based on the popular, Eisner award-winning comics and graphic novels created and written by Gerard Way (My Chemical Romance), illustrated by Gabriel Bá, and published by Dark Horse Comics, the series is adding cast members Tom Hopper as "Luther," Emmy Raver-Lampman as "Allison," David Castañeda as "Diego," Robert Sheehan as "Klaus," and Aidan Gallagher as "Number Five." The live-action series follows the estranged members…

“The Blacklist” Producer Dan Cerone to Develop “Mind MGMT” Katherine Lindberg and Marc Rosen (“Sense8”) To Adapt “Flutter” “The Son’s” Lee Shipman and podcast creator Terry Miles To Adapt “Tanis” With Sam Raimi (“Evil Dead”) and Debbie Liebling (“South Park”) Producing Gabrielle G. Stanton (“The Flash”) To Adapt “The Bright Sessions” With Creator And Star Lauren Shippen On the heels of their “Umbrella Academy” series pick-up on Netflix, Universal Cable Productions and Dark Horse Entertainment…

From Universal Cable Productions, Chris Sheridan ("Family Guy") Will Executive Produce, Alongside Dark Horse Entertainment and Amblin TV SYFY today announced that RESIDENT ALIEN, a drama based on the Dark Horse comics series of the same name by co-creators Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse, has been picked up to pilot. From Universal Cable Productions, the series was adapted to television by executive producer Chris Sheridan ("Family Guy"). Mike Richardson ("The Mask") and Keith Goldberg ("The…

Universal Cable Productions (UCP) continues to expand its powerhouse producing talent and build upon the studio’s genre footprint by signing a first-look deal with legendary comic book publisher, Dark Horse Entertainment (“The Mask,” “Hellboy”). The deal announced today will focus on developing and producing scripted programming from their extensive comics library as well as new material. Discussions for the deal began at Comic Con in 2014 when Dark Horse introduced UCP executives to some of…

Constantin Film and Dark Horse Entertainment are joining forces to bring POLAR to the big screen. Based on the popular Dark Horse Comics graphic novel “Polar: Came from the Cold” by Victor Santos, Constantin Film has pre-emptively purchased the spec, “Polar″ written by Jayson Rothwell. The adrenaline-pumping action-thriller tells the story of Black Kaiser, a master assassin forced out of retirement when he finds himself the target of a motley crew of new generation hitmen.…

Syfy has acquired the original series Dark Matter, an adaptation of the Dark Horse graphic novels by Stargate franchise vets Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie. Mallozzi and Mullie will helm the 13-episode series, which is being produced by Prodigy Pictures (Lost Girl, XIII). Endemol will distribute the drama internationally. Prodigy’s Jay Firestone and Vanessa Piazza will also serve as executive producers. In Dark Matter, the crew of a derelict spaceship is awakened from stasis with…