BOOM! Studios has signed a two-year ‘first-look’ deal with Netflix for film and TV adaptations. Netflix and BOOM! were previously collaborating on a film adaptation of The Unsound with Shazam! director David F. Sandberg.
“BOOM! characters are innately special, they’re colorful, diverse and varied and their stories have the power to ignite something in all of us,” said Netflix’s VP of Original Series Brian Wright. “We can’t wait to bring these stories from the page to the screen to fans in every corner of the world.”
This two-year deal will not begin until January 2021 when its ‘first-look’ deal with the formerly-named 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios) from 2013 elapses. 20th Century Studios retains a minority ownership stake in BOOM!.
“We generate 20+ new original series a year and are thrilled to partner with a company that is as prolific as we are,” said BOOM! CEO/co-founder Ross Richie. “BOOM!’s unique partnership model of controlling the media rights to our library benefits creators by positioning them to be packaged with high-end directors, screenwriters, and producers. We’re thrilled to continue our track record of translating our best-selling award-winning library with the best TV talent in the business but now with the undisputed leader of the new streaming era.”