VALIANT ANNOUNCES FILM UNIVERSE WITH "BLOODSHOT," "HARBINGER" AND "HARBINGER WARS" UD: Look at Ninja

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Sony Moves Up Plans for ‘Harbinger’ as 1st Movie in Valiant Comics Cinematic Universe (Exclusive)

Sony is moving forward on its five-film plan for joint film franchises based on the Valiant comic books “Harbinger” and “Bloodshot,” which are then set to culminate in a “Harbinger Wars” crossover event film, TheWrap has learned.

Within the last month, Sony has preemptively renewed its option on “Harbinger” — a comic following a teenage runaway Peter Stanchek with massive telekinetic powers — for a sum in the high six figures and is moving to package the pictures quickly.

The previously announced “Bloodshot” — about a mortally wounded soldier resurrected with cutting-edge nanotechnology and charged with rounding up “harbingers” like Stanchek — is now seen as the second film in the series.

The character would be introduced as the villain in franchise kickoff “Harbinger,” an individual with knowledge of the project said, with “Bloodshot” following a year later.

Sony has not responded to TheWrap’s request for comment.

The plot for the “Harbinger” screenplay by writer Eric Heisserer (“Arrival, “Lights Out”) is being kept under wraps but it’s believed to follow Valiant’s 2012 volume of the “Bloodshot” series.

Additionally, the move to bump “Harbinger” up in the release order is giving Sony ample opportunity to develop and position additional spin-offs from the “Harbinger” and “Bloodshot” universes.

Attention is now being given to multiple characters from the comics, including the HARD Corps, Livewire, Generation Zero, and, most notably, Faith, who generated a ton of worldwide media attention in the comics space this year and features prominently in the Harbinger script.

Neal Moritz will produce through his Original Film banner with Dinesh Shamdasani on behalf of Valiant Entertainment.

Valiant’s library is truly one of the great and as-yet untapped wells of intellectual property anywhere in Hollywood. The publisher’s bench of more than 2,000 superhero characters (with lifetime sales of more than 80 million copies) makes it the third largest library of superheroes behind Marvel and DC — and the only one not currently owned by major conglomerate.

And unlike its rivals, Valiant has fostered a long and well-earned reputation in the comics world for producing quality storytelling that transcends the norms of the superhero genre. Case in point: This summer, Valiant earned an unprecedented 50 nominations at the Harvey Awards, one of the industry’s highest honors.

“Harbinger,” in particular, is rife with potential for a more grounded and modern take on the genre. In the comic, created by former Marvel Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter and legendary comics artist David Lapham, Stanchek is recruited by fellow psychic Toyo Harada — a philanthropic billionaire who using his wealth to secretly finance an underground organization called the Harbinger Foundation to manipulate world affairs.
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First Official Image Of Jason David Frank As Bloodshot Released


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“Go, Go Power…”

Sorry. Wrong series. But Jason David Frank, one of the original Power Rangers, is at the subject of news that broke by Valiant Entertainment today. We have been given our first look at the former Green Ranger as the character Bloodshot in Valiant’s upcoming web series they are producing in partnership with Bat in the Sun.

Bat in the Sun has a YouTube channel with over a million subscribers, that provides content featuring several popular characters from comics being pitted against one another. Praised for the awesome fight choreography in their videos, Bat in the Sun seems like the perfect partner to help Valiant Entertainment bring this character to life.

The first look at Jason David Frank as the character debuted in a post on social media, promoting a special Variant edition of Bloodshot #14. Commenting on the post, the actor said:

“It’s official I am bloodshot! Valiant and Bat in the Sun top secret Project! These are part of New York Comic Con’s free autographed exclusive collectible item. See you all at Valiant’s Booth Friday, Saturday and Sunday with a new Bloodshot item each day at NYCC.”

Created in 1992 by Kevin VanHook and Yvel Guichet, Bloodshot is a character that bears some similarities to Wolverine. He’s a former soldier that has been gifted with powers of regeneration through an experiment on him that injected millions of nanites into his blood. Having no memory of who did this to him, he sets out on a path to learn more about himself and seek vengeance on those responsible for what he has become.



Valiant CEO & Chief Creative Officer Dinesh Shamdasani had this to say about the project:

“We’ve set out to make the best and most ambitious series ever produced in the digital space – one that will live up to the high standards we’ve set in publishing. As Valiant gears up for an upcoming slate of film, television and video game releases, we felt the timing was right to begin to produce live-action digital content that would both give ours fans an experience truly worthy of the Valiant Universe, while also introducing new fans to the Valiant characters in the same way the animated television shows of the 1980s and 1990s did for comics in years past. Get ready to lose your mind – seeing Ninjak in action for the first time in nothing short of incredible.”

Fans can attend a free autographed signing of the exclusive issue of Bloodshoot on Friday, October 7th at New York Comic Con.
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Suits and ties... making generic action flicks for mediocore franchises no one cares about.
I'm a comic collector and I can tell you no one cares about valiant.

Should of tried to get a Chaos Comics liscence to do Lady Death and Evil Ernie or something.

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Zombies are in. The comic films are headed into R ratings.
This would of been a much stronger acquesition.

But the ppl in charge all inhereted their jobs through cac nepotism so no one knows shyt at companies like Sony.
 
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Sony's just looking for another cash cow after their Spider-Man\Sinister Six\Venom plans fell through.
 
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notPsychosiz said:
Suits and ties... making generic action flicks for mediocore franchises no one cares about.
I'm a comic collector and I can tell you no one cares about valiant.

Should of tried to get a Chaos Comics liscence to do Lady Death and Evil Ernie or something.

th
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Zombies are in. The comic films are headed into R ratings.
This would of been a much stronger acquesition.

But the ppl in charge all inhereted their jobs through cac nepotism so no one knows shyt at companies like Sony.
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Lady Death and Vampriella crossover horror movie :banderas: live action or animated, I'm down
 
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