Deadline has confirmed that the Valiant Entertainment comic book project Harbinger is headed from Sony to Paramount, which is where producer Neal Moritz has had his first-look deal since last year. The comic follows a group of teens with superpowers who go up against the corporation that tried to exploit their talents. Moritz, who is …
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DMG Entertainment is already the powerhouse behind films such as “Iron Man 3” and “Looper,” but the company has its sights set on something much bigger: acquiring the next superhero universe. Cheddar’s Alyssa Julya Smith sits down with founder and CEO Dan Mintz to talk about the acquisition of Valiant and the launch of “Bloodshot” …
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This year marks the ending of two pop culture phenomenons: Game of Thrones and the Marvel cinematic universe. In their wake looms an undeniable vacuum in the zeitgeist, creating new opportunities for the next franchise bold enough to step forward. Enter Valiant Comics – the third largest connected universe in comic book history – following …
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Filmmaker Dan Mintz’s DMG Entertainment has acquired Valiant Entertainment, the company announced Monday. Mintz has held a significant stake in Valiant since 2014, but the acquisition gives DMG ownership of Valiant’s library of over 2,000 superhero characters, including “X-O Manowar,” “Bloodshot,” “Harbinger,” “Shadowman,” “Archer & Armstrong,” “Ninjak,” “Faith” and more. “Our priority is to build …
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The industry’s third largest superhero universe is looking to make a concerted push into film, television and other media platforms. The battle for cinematic universes has taken a new turn as DMG Entertainment, the entertainment company involved with movies such as Looper and Chappaquiddick, has acquired Valiant Entertainment, the comic publisher that boasts the third-largest …
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DMG Entertainment has powered up a competitive gaming division, DMG eSports, the company announced Monday. As part of the new division, DMG is investing in and partnering with amateur e-sports league Super League Gaming. DMG eSports will be integrated across DMG’s other holdings, including movies, TV, comic books, virtual reality, gaming and location-based entertainment. DMG’s deal with Super …
Dan Mintz’s company says it wants to partner with “top entrepreneurs, operators and complimentary growth or private equity capital firms looking to expand globally, particularly into China’s lucrative market.” Dan Mintz’s DMG Entertainment said Monday that its investment arm, DMG Capital Group, will invest $300 million in the entertainment, technology and media sectors. DMG Capital …
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Deadline has learned that Dan Mintz’s Beijing- and Los Angeles-based DMG Entertainment is one of the entities seeking to buy a piece of Paramount Pictures. The sale of what is believed to be a 40% stake in the Melrose Avenue studio is thought to be going for about $2 billion. Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman told investors last month that the company had been …
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The world’s first live ‘Transformers’ experience, described as a “cross between an action-adventure spectacle, a theme park attraction and a theatrical show,” will debut in China in 2017. Optimus Prime and his band of Autobots are set to assemble in the real world — in China. DMG Entertainment, the China-U.S.-based movie studio and co-producer of Point Break and Iron …
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Earlier this month, Alcon Entertainment/DMG Entertainment/Warner Bros’ Point Break tried out a new experiment by releasing in China three weeks ahead of domestic. The decision was strategic — in part to be the final Western film in the PROC ahead of the December blackout and also to give the film a boost going into the rest of its worldwide rollout. The U.S. …
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