Comics

Valiant Determined to Adapt the Excellent ‘Shadowman’ Comic Series

Published

9 years ago

June 13, 2017

Back in the 1990s, the comic book industry was being decimated by a lack of story and an overbearing amount of “special editions” rocking obscene $3.75 price tags. While Marvel and DC continued to fuck around, there were independent companies doing excellent work, such as Valiant Entertainment, who has a treasure trove of properties deserving of film or television adaptations. One such title is the awesome Shadowman, which they’ve been fighting to get to the big screen for years.

Heat Vision is reporting that Valiant has now brought on fresh creative team to re-develop the property. Adam Simon, showrunner for WGN America’s “Salem”, will rewrite a screenplay by J. Michael Straczynski based on the supernatural comic book property. Reginald Hudlin, fresh off his directorial return with this October’s Thurgood Marshall thriller Marshall, is attached to direct.

Shadowman is a supernatural concept based around an African-American musician in New Orleans who becomes infected by a spirit that allows him otherworldly abilities. As the latest incarnation of the titular Shadowman, a mystical defender of Earth against demonic invasion, he has to protect against threats from Master Darque and other denizens of the netherworld known as the Deadside.

The character debuted in 1992’s “Shadowman” No. 1 (pictured below), and currently appears in the company’s current Rapture comic book series, which launched last month.

For the film, Hudlin and Simon will work together on the revised story for the project, while Straczynski remains on board as executive producer. The Sean Daniel Company’s Sean Daniel and Jason Brown will produce with Valiant Entertainment’s Dinesh Shamdasani. As with Valiant’s Archer & Armstrong, the project will be developed in-house before being shopped to studios.

Sony has a five-picture deal with the company for its “Harbinger” and “Bloodshot” characters, with “Archer & Armstrong” being developed by Terry Rossio and Zombieland‘s Ruben Fletcher. Quantum & Woody is also under development for television, with Joe and Anthony Russo as executive producers.

Comics

‘Curse of the Where Wolf’ Bites Into August Release With Trio of Werewolf Theatrical Screenings [Exclusive Preview]

Published

3 days ago

July 16, 2026

Meagan Navarro

Larry Chaney‘s hairy misadventures are continuing in the sequel graphic novel Curse of the Where Wolf from creative team Rob Saucedo, Debora Lancianese, and Jack Morelli, and its author is celebrating with a trio of horror’s greatest werewolf films.

The Curse of the Where Wolf hits shelves on August 7 from Encyclopocalypse Publications.

That coincides with the launch of a theatrical screening event in Houston, Texas, featuring a trio of seminal werewolf flicks turning 45 this year: The Howling on August 7, Wolfen on August 14, and An American Werewolf in London on August 21.

Each screening features a “werewolf in film” presentation as well as a book signing from Where Wolf author and River Oaks Theatre artistic director Rob Saucedo.

In the new graphic novel, “Being a werewolf sucks. Reporter Larry Chaney wanted to be a hero. Instead, he became a werewolf. Now, caught between incredible new powers and a desire to eat everything (and everyone) in sight, Larry must find a cure for his curse. Or die trying.”

“With Where Wolf, I wanted to tell a whodunit set in a furry convention, so the story was pretty contained within a very specific setting and genre. With Curse of the Where Wolf, I wanted to celebrate everything I love about the possibility of comic books. Curse of the Where Wolf is a funny book, in every sense of the phrase, but it’s also an earnest look at a person’s struggle to become a better version of themselves, especially when the alternative is to become a literal monster,” Saucedo says of Curse.

The original graphic novel was previously serialized as the first webcomic hosted on Fangoria before being collected by Encyclopocalypse Publications in 2023 and has already been optioned for film, podcast, and television development ahead of launch by producers James Fino (“The Freak Brothers” for Tubi, “Rick and Morty” for Adult Swim) and Charles Horak (First Date for Magnolia Pictures).

Expect Larry to find himself in even weirder situations in the 362-page full color sequel; Saucedo has provided Bloody Disgusting with exclusive art pages from the upcoming graphic novel that showcase lupine humor.