Netflix announced it has signed a deal with Dark Horse Entertainment which will provide the streaming giant with first-look IP development opportunities for both film and TV projects.
Netflix and Dark Horse have previously collaborated on the animated action-comedy series, The Umbrella Academy, which just received a second season renewal, as well as Jonas Akerlund’s feature film Polar.
“We are very excited about this new arrangement with the talented people at Netflix,” said Dark Horse Entertainment’s president and founder Mike Richardson.
“We have strong creative relationships as well as a large content library to work with and, as we have seen with our recent projects, Netflix is the perfect partner to bring our stories to fans around the world.”
Dark Horse’s Mike Richardson, Keith Goldberg and Paul Schwake have signed on as producers.
“With The Umbrella Academy and Polar, Netflix has pushed our content out into the world and allowed it to spread in a way that we’ve never experienced before, and we couldn’t be more excited to bring a whole new slate of movies and shows to their world-wide audience,” added Dark Horse senior vice-president Keith Goldberg.
Netflix’s original content vice-president Cindy Holland commented, “Following the success of The Umbrella Academy, we’re excited to extend our relationship with Dark Horse Comics. The Netflix teams are already working in deep collaboration with Dark Horse to identify projects beyond the world of traditional superheroes branching into horror, fantasy and family entertainment, that we think our members will love.”