Skybound Entertainment is Looking to Acquire the Publishing Rights to Transformers

william-james88 wrote:

AcademyofDrX wrote:Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision Blog confirms Rich Johnson's report: Skybound Entertainment in talks to acquire the Transformers and GI Joe comics licenses.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... 235060895/

What do you mean by confirm? Doesn,t this go against what Rich said since he said Image would be the new home for these comics?

william-james88 wrote:

AcademyofDrX wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

AcademyofDrX wrote:Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision Blog confirms Rich Johnson's report: Skybound Entertainment in talks to acquire the Transformers and GI Joe comics licenses.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ ... 235060895/

What do you mean by confirm? Doesn,t this go against what Rich said since he said Image would be the new home for these comics?

Skybound Entertainment is an Image Studio. In Johnston's original report, he speculated that a studio was a likely home, as Image generally doesn't publish external IP. His two main scoops--rights available, Image most likely home--both track with Heat Vision's report.

Relevant section from Bleeding Cool report about Image:
"Image Comics is best known these days as a publisher of solely creator-owned comic books but with the various studios, that is not always the case. I don't know whether the production will be through an existing Partner studio that publish through Image such as Top Cow, Todd McFarlane Studios, Silverline, Highbrow or Skybound. It may be set up like an independent studio through Image Comics such as the Netflix-owned Millarworld, or these new creator imprints such as that from former IDW EIC Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood. Or something else entirely."

That Kirkman's Skybound is negotiating is Heat Vision's scoop, but it further validates Johnson's reporting, it doesn't challenge it.

Alright, thanks for the explanation.

ZeroWolf wrote:

DecepticonFinishline wrote:What if, instead of anything with comics, Skybound just did Transformers video games? I would be very down for that.

Do they even do video games? Plus we're only talking the comic licence which is very different to video games (i think hasbro just hand that out project to project)

“At the end of 2022, IDW will bid a fond farewell to the publication of G.I. Joe and Transformers comic books and graphic novels,” the company said in a statement provided to THR. “We’re exceedingly proud of our stewardship of these titles – 17 years with the Robots in Disguise and 14 years with A Real American Hero – and thank the legion of fans for their unwavering support, month in and month out. We’re also eternally grateful to every one of the talented creators who helped bring these characters to four-color life through our comics.”

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The monthly Transformers series will wrap up by mid-summer, while the Transformers: Beast Wars series, too, will come to its conclusion this summer. That will lead to two new miniseries events. The company will also publish a variety of special one-shot projects spotlighting heroes and villains from across Transformers history.

partholon wrote:Good.

maybe whomever gets the license will produce something actually worth buying again.

ZeroWolf wrote:I quite like the new beast Wars comic actually if people were this hung up on art style then Animated/Cyberverse would never have become fan favourites. Though I should point out that only Animated achieved the double punch of show and toyline being favourites, as the Cyberverse toyline was geared to a different audience so of course, people attacked it.

Anyways, what I would expect from the new studio is maybe one ongoing/miniseries at first and then branch from there. Keep things simple. Also learned that these are the folks that have been cranking out lego ninjago comics.

I do wonder if they'll attempt yet another G1 re-imagining or will it be based on the new cartoon heading our way