{"id":16683,"date":"2020-06-18T11:02:05","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T18:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/?p=16683"},"modified":"2020-06-18T11:02:09","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T18:02:09","slug":"nbcuniversals-lark-nabs-tv-rights-to-descender-ascender-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/nbcuniversals-lark-nabs-tv-rights-to-descender-ascender-comics\/","title":{"rendered":"NBCUniversal\u2019s Lark Nabs TV Rights to \u2018Descender,\u2019 \u2018Ascender\u2019 Comics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Canada\u2019s Lark Productions has acquired the exclusive television rights to Image Comics\u2019 sci-fi graphic novel series \u201cDescender,\u201d and its sequel \u201cAscender,\u201d created by New York Times bestselling author Jeff Lemire (\u201cBlack Hammer\u201d) and artist Dustin Nguyen (\u201cBatman: Streets of Gotham\u201d).<\/p>\n

\u201cFortunate Son\u201d producer Lark, which is part of\u00a0NBCUniversal International Studios<\/a>, will develop and produce the series.<\/p>\n

\u201cDescender\u201d was launched in 2015 and 32\u00a0graphic novels<\/a>\u00a0were published through 2018. It follows Tim-21, a companion robot who is thrust into a hostile cosmos when he discovers that he\u2019s the missing link between a fleet of life-annihilating constructs and modern robotics. In 2016, Nguyen won the Eisner for best painter\/multi-media artist for the series.<\/p>\n

\u201cAscender\u201d was launched in 2019. Set 10 years after the events of \u201cDescender,\u201d \u201cAscender\u201d imagines a magical world sans machines and follows a young girl who embarks on an epic quest to find Tim-21.<\/p>\n

Lemire said, \u201cThe world of \u201cDescender\u201d and \u201cAscender\u201d just keeps growing, and Dustin and I are very happy to be working with Lark to bring it to televisions screens as well. Their passion for the comics and devotion to telling the story the right way has us both very excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s definitely going to be an entirely new adventure to see our characters come to life onscreen and share them with a whole new audience,\u201d Nguyen said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201c\u2018Descender\u2019 [and] \u2018Ascender\u2019 is a beautifully crafted saga, examining the tolls of technology on nature and humanity, which feels very timely for television,\u201d added Erin Haskett, president of Lark Productions.<\/p>\n

Haskett, Lemire and Nguyen will serve as executive producers on the project.<\/p>\n

In 2015, Sony Pictures Entertainment acquired rights for a feature film adaptation of \u201cDescender.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Source: NBCUniversal\u2019s Lark Nabs TV Rights to \u2018Descender,\u2019 \u2018Ascender\u2019 Comics \u2013 Variety<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canada\u2019s Lark Productions has acquired the exclusive television rights to Image Comics\u2019 sci-fi graphic novel series \u201cDescender,\u201d and its sequel \u201cAscender,\u201d created by New York Times bestselling author Jeff Lemire (\u201cBlack Hammer\u201d) and artist Dustin Nguyen (\u201cBatman: Streets of Gotham\u201d). \u201cFortunate Son\u201d producer Lark, which is part of\u00a0NBCUniversal International Studios, will develop and produce the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1opIU-4l5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10352,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/lemire-and-nguyens-descender-optioned-by-sony\/","url_meta":{"origin":16683,"position":0},"title":"Lemire And Nguyen’s Descender Optioned By Sony","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"February 1, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"A month before the first issue is published and Sony Pictures has already acquired the film rights to Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen\u2019s upcoming Image comic Descender.\u00a0Lemire is the creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth and\u00a0Essex County\u00a0as well as having written for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse and Valiant.\u00a0Nguyen\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Descender11-600x918.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Descender11-600x918.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Descender11-600x918.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15664,"url":"http:\/\/forbiddenpanel.com\/PanelCast\/astro-city-tv-series-based-on-comics-in-works-at-fremantlemedia-north-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":16683,"position":1},"title":"\u2018Astro City\u2019 TV Series Based On Comics In Works At FremantleMedia North America","author":"Forbidden Panel","date":"March 25, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"American Gods\u00a0producer\u00a0FremantleMedia North America\u00a0has acquired the rights to\u00a0Astro City\u00a0superhero comic book series to develop as a live-action TV drama series. 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