Heroes and Villains Entertainment

Heroes and Villains Entertainment
Founded 2007
Founder Markus Goerg, Dick Hillenbrand, Mikhail Nayfeld
Country of origin United States
Headquarters location Hollywood
Key people Markus Goerg, Dick Hillenbrand, Mikhail Nayfeld, Robert Watts
Official website www.heroesandvillains-ent.com

Heroes and Villains Entertainment, LLC is a Hollywood-based production and management company.

About

Founded in November 2007 by Markus Georg, Dick Hillenbrand, and Mikhail Nayfeld.[1] Located on The Lot,[2] Heroes and Villains Entertainment specializes in content creation for film, TV, video games, comic books, and the Internet as well as the representation of content creators in those areas.

Management

Heroes and Villains Entertainment represents a wide range of writers in film, TV and literature. Among them are:

Comics

Since 2008, Heroes and Villains Entertainment has had a co-imprint partnership agreement with Top Cow Productions,[9] through which they publish original comic book series which serve as the source material for feature film, television, and game productions. Among them are:

Tracker

Debuted at San Diego Comic-Con International Convention in 2009, Tracker is a five issue comic book mini series written by Jonathan Lincoln with art by Francis Tsai, Derec Donovan and Abhishek Malsuni. It tells the story of an FBI agent named Alex O’Roark, whose pursuit of a serial killer leads him to unexplored territory when it is revealed the killer is also a werewolf.[10][11]

Epoch

Debuted at San Diego Comic-Con International Convention in 2011, Epoch is a five issue comic book mini series written by Kevin McCarthy, with art by Paolo Pantalena and Jorge Fares. The main character, NYPD Detective Jonah Wright discovers his supernatural heritage while investigating the murder of his partner Michael. To expose the killer, Jonah must compete in EPOCH, an ancient fighting tournament that will determine the future of humanity.[12][13]

Netherworld

First released in May 2011, Netherworld is a five issue comic book mini series written by Bryan Edward Hill and Rob Levin, with art by Tony Shasteen. The plot revolves around Ray Parker, a bounty hunter who just wants to do his job and be left alone, but when he's charged with finding and protecting a missing girl, he finds out that they're all souls trapped in a hellish version of Purgatory, and the girl is their last hope for escaping it.[14][15]

Son of Merlin

First released in February 2013, Son of Merlin is a five issue comic book mini series written by Robert Place Napton with art by Zid. The narrative follows Simon Ambrose, a brilliant young professor at MIT who discovers he is the bastard son of the world's greatest wizard Merlin. Forced to put his skepticism aside, Simon embraces a world of magic and the mayhem it embodies. [16][17]

Bushido: The Way of the Warrior

First released in October 2013, Bushido: The Way of the Warrior is a five issue comic book mini series written by Rob Levin, with art by Jessada Sutthi. The story focuses on a foreigner adopted into a samurai family who battles against vampires to rescue the woman he loves and save his adopted homeland from certain annihilation.[18]

American Legends

First released in November 2014, American Legends is a five issue comic book mini series written by Bill Schwartz and Zachary Schwartz, with art by Studio Hive. The main characters and legendary pioneers Davy Crockett, Mike Fink, and Sally Ann Thunder team up on a quest to save the Lewis & Clark expedition and thwart a conspiracy hatched by Napoleon to destroy the promising future of a young American nation.[19]

See also

Top Cow Productions

Tracker (comics)

Epoch (Top Cow/Heroes and Villains)

Netherworld (Top Cow/Heroes and Villains)

Son of Merlin

Bushido: The Way of the Warrior

American Legends

References

  1. ↑ "Heroes and Villains Entertainment". Heroesandvillains-ent.com. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
  2. ↑ https://www.cliqsearch.com/cl/8115238/heroes-and-villains-entertainment-los-angeles-ca Cliqsearch
  3. ↑ "IMDb Pro : Michael Markowitz:". Pro.imdb.com. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
  4. ↑ "IMDbPro". Pro.imdb.com. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
  5. ↑ Riggs, Ransom "Ransom Riggs"
  6. ↑ "IMDb Pro : Maggie Marr:". Pro.imdb.com. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
  7. ↑ Marr, Maggie
  8. ↑ "IMDb Pro : Jordan Mechner:". Pro.imdb.com. Retrieved 2013-07-11.
  9. ↑ "SDCC 09:Top Cow introudces new HEROES & VILLAINS" Arrant, Chris 26 July 2009, Newsarama
  10. ↑ Lincoln, Jonathan (2010)Tracker, Top Cow Productions, Inc
  11. ↑ "Preview: Tracker #1" Comic Book Resources
  12. ↑ McCarthy, Kevin (2011) Epoch, Top Cow Productions. Inc
  13. ↑ "McCarthy Gets Epic with "Epoch"" Comic Book Resources, July 11th, 2011
  14. ↑ Hill, Bryan & Levin, Rob (2011) Netherworld, Top Cow Productions, Inc
  15. ↑ "Top Cow and Heroes and Villains Entertainment Announce "Netherworld"" Comic Book Resources, January 13th 2011
  16. ↑ Napton, Robert Place (2013)“Son of Merlin,” Top Cow Productions, Inc
  17. ↑ "Napton Raises the Son of Merlin" Comic Book Resources
  18. ↑ Levin, Rob (2013)“Bushido: The Way of the Warrior,” Top Cow Productions, Inc
  19. ↑ Schwartz, Bill and Schwartz, Zachary (2014)"American Legends," Top Cow Productions, Inc

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