Netflix and Dark Horse Extend Partnership, Announce Idris Elba Film Directed by David Leitch
thewrap.comNetflix and comic book publisher Dark Horse Entertainment have extended their partnership with a multiyear agreement will continue to give Netflix a first look at its IP for both film and TV.
They’ve also announced several new projects, including “Bang!,” a feature starring Idris Elba and directed by David Leitch, based on the comic series by Matt Kindt and Wilfredo Torres.
The new arrangement comes as the third season of Netflix’s “The Umbrella Academy,” based on the popular Dark Horse comic book series, reached the Netflix Global Top 10 in TV in 91 countries with 283.55 million hours viewed in its first four weeks (as of July 17).
Among the projects in active development are “Bang!,” which is described as a “stylish spy thriller” and is being written by Kindt and Zak Olkewicz (Leitch’s “Bullet Train,” Netflix’s “Fear Street Part 2: 1978”).
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