Sci-Fi Film and Television Developments

Beasts of Burden

6/28/11 - Writer Darren Lempke will pen Beasts of Burden, Reel FX and Andrew Adamson’s adaptation of the Dark Horse comic, according to The Hollywood Reporter.  Eisner-winning Burden, created by Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson is set in a community called Burden Hill where a series of supernatural events occur, causing a gang of dogs and one cat to team up in order to keep their owners and the town’s residents safe.  Adamson is producing what is intended to be a CG-animated feature adaptation with his Strange Weather Films partner Aron Warner, along with Mike Richardson of Dark Horse Entertainment. Dark Horse’s Keith Goldberg is executive producing.  Producer Reel FX is the company run by former Industrial Light and Magic senior executive Ed Jones and former Walden Media CEO Cary Granat. The movie is now in production with Bryan Singer directing.

6/13/11 - Dark Horse comic Beasts of Burden is heading to the big-screen with director Andrew Adamson, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Adamson is producing what is intended to be a CG-animated feature adaptation with his Strange Weather Films partner Aron Warner along with Mike Richardson of Dark Horse Entertainment. Burden is set in a community called Burden Hill where a series of supernatural events occur, causing a gang of dogs (and one cat) to team up in order to keep their owners and the town’s residents safe. Evan Dorkin (Milk & Cheese) and Jill Thompson (Scary Godmother) created the characters, which first appeared in The Dark Horse Book of Hauntings, Witchcraft, the Dead and Monsters, and earned the duo Eisner Awards for best short story and best painter. Dark Horse Entertainment’s Keith Goldberg is executive producing with Strange Weather’s Jeff Fierson co-producing.

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