East of West and Transhuman in Development for Amazon!

Ready for some huge tv news?! As part of our first look deal with Amazon, we’re teaming up with the amazing Jonathan Hickman to exec produce two of his titles: TRANSHUMAN and EAST OF WEST! If you’ve read either of these comics you know what an insane and amazing undertaking this is going to be. Obviously, these projects are in very early development so we don’t have a ton of info just yet, but check out the official press release below. While you’re waiting for more news, you can also catch up on both EAST OF WEST and TRANSHUMAN in comic form!

Amazon Studios to Develop Genre Series East of West and Transhuman from Comic Writer and Artist Jonathan Hickman

Projects are part of first look deal with Skybound Entertainment

  

Amazon Studios is developing two hour long original genre series – East of West and Transhuman – from Image Comics’ Jonathan Hickman. Both will be created and executive produced by Hickman and his series co-creators, Nick Dragotta and J.M. Ringuet, and executive produced by Skybound Entertainment’s Robert Kirkman and David Alpert (The Walking Dead), and Sean Furst and Bryan Furst (Dice). East of West will be written by Hickman, and Transhuman will be executive produced by Josh Adler (Stash House). Both projects are part of a first look deal with Skybound Entertainment.

“Nick, J.M. and I couldn’t be more excited to be working with Skybound and Amazon,” said Hickman. “We feel very strongly about each project and couldn’t be more appreciative of how far both companies have gone to make us feel welcome. We look forward to doing the work and hopefully doing it well.”

East of West is set in a reimagined Western landscape where America is divided into seven nations. This iconic science fiction series follows “Death” as he braves his fellow riders, monsters, and corrupt gunslingers in his quest to save his mortal family from the Apocalypse.

Transhuman is a science fiction drama set in the near future. The show centers around a divorced couple, who ran rival major corporations, offering humans the ability to genetically and robotically enhance themselves.

Jonathan Hickman is best known for creating, or co-creating, the Image Comics series The Nightly News, The Manhattan Projects and East of West, in addition to working on Marvel Comics’ Fantastic Four, FF and S.H.I.E.L.D. He later wrote The Avengers, The New Avengers and the limited series Infinity, as well as the crossover comic event Secret Wars. Other creator credits for Image Comics include Pax Romana, The Black Monday Murders, Transhuman and The Red Wing. He has also done interior art and designed covers for Marvel, Image, and IDW.

Amazon Studios recently announced an overall deal with Kirkman and a first-look deal with Skybound Entertainment, co-founded by longtime collaborator David Alpert. Kirkman and Skybound—the entities behind television hits The Walking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead and Outcast—are developing television projects to debut exclusively on Prime Video.

Prime Original series are available for Prime members to stream and enjoy using the Prime Video app for TVs, connected devices including Amazon Fire TV, and mobile devices, or online with other Prime Original series at Amazon.com/originals, at no additional cost to their membership. Eligible customers who are not already Prime members can sign up for a free trial at www.amazon.com/prime. For a list of all Prime Video compatible devices, visit www.amazon.com/howtostream. Content is available through the Prime Video app and PrimeVideo.com in more than 200 countries and territories.

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