Skybound Entertainment

Skybound Entertainment
Founded 2010
Founder Robert Kirkman
David Alpert
Key people Robert Kirkman
David Alpert
Publication types The Walking Dead, Invincible
Official website www.skybound.com

Skybound Entertainment is an entertainment company founded by Robert Kirkman and David Alpert in 2010. It produces content for comic books, film, television, and other media.[1]

History

Kirkman created the company after he became a partner in Image Comics in 2008, as a corporate home for his extant creator-owned work and new projects.[2] It was the first new studio established in connection with Image Comics since the company was founded in the early 1990s, joining Highbrow Entertainment, Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, and Shadowline, each owned by another partner in Image Comics.

At the time of its founding, Kirkman announced plans to publish outside works – dubbed "Skybound Originals" – in exchange for a partnership stake in the properties.[3] Witch Doctor by Brandon Seifert and Lukas Ketner was the first Skybound Original published by the company, beginning in June 2011.[3]

The company's projects include the feature film AIR and the comic Outcast.[4] Outcast was released in June 2014, and received a series pickup for Cinemax with Fox International Channels attached as the studio.[5] Kirkman and Alpert serve as executive producers on both projects.[6][7]

Skybound Entertainment co-produced with Disney-owned Maker Studios Nerd Court, a play on the long-running TV series People's Court show, where participants present their fandom-related disputes for settlement by a judge.[8] The company partnered with Samsung to develop virtual reality content for Milk VR.[9]

Other comic book titles published by Skybound include The Walking Dead, the superhero-comic Invincible, fantasy adventure comic Birthright, the revenge drama Dead Body Road, and heist comic Thief of Thieves. Skybound also creates a wide range of merchandise, including tabletop card game Superfight, apparel, board games, and action figures.[10]

They worked in collaboration with PewDiePie for a YouTube Red exclusive series titled Scare PewDiePie.

In 2016, Skybound opened a office in Vancouver, British Columbia, to take better advantage of movie-production opportunities in Canada.[11]

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See also

References

  1. ↑ Feloni, Richard. "Watch Out Marvel & DC: 'The Walking Dead' Company Has A Plan To Steal Your Thunder". Business Insider. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Robert Kirkman Announces Skybound, a New Division of Image Comics", DreadCentral.com, July 19, 2010
  3. 1 2 "From Insider, a Comics Venture to Help Newcomers", The New York Times, July 18, 2010
  4. ↑ Kit, Borys. "'Walking Dead's' Norman Reedus to Star In, Robert Kirkman to Produce Sci Fi Thriller 'Air' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
  5. ↑ "Cinemax Picks Up New Drama Series Outcast". Fox International Channels.
  6. ↑ "Air (2015)". IMDb.
  7. ↑ "Oucast (TV Series)". IMDb.
  8. ↑ Schumacher-Rasmussen, Eric. "SXSW '15: From The Walking Dead to Nerd Court". Streamingmedia.com.
  9. ↑ McWhertor, Michael. "Samsung launches new virtual reality video service for Gear VR called Milk VR". Polygon.
  10. ↑ "Skybound". The Walking Dead and Skybound Shop.
  11. ↑ Patten, Dominic (2016-10-04). "'Walking Dead' EP's Skybound Looks North With Opening Of Vancouver Office". Retrieved 2016-10-05.


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