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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. Located on
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, 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: *
Dan Erickson Dan Erickson (born January 26, 1984) is an American television screenwriter, showrunner, and producer. He created, wrote and executive produced the psychological thriller television series ''Severance'', starring Adam Scott and Britt Lower and d ...
, creator, writer and executive producer of Severance * Michael Markowitz, writer of ''
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Ransom Riggs Ransom Riggs (born February 3, 1979) is an American writer and filmmaker best known for the book ''Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children''. Early life and education Riggs was born in Maryland in 1979 on a 200-year-old farm, and grew up in ...
, author of ''The
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Handbook'' and ''
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children ''Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'' is a contemporary fantasy debut novel by American author Ransom Riggs. The story is told through a combination of narrative and a mix of vernacular and found photography from the personal archives ...
'', published by Quirk Books *Maggie Marr, author of ''Hollywood Girls Club'' and its sequel, ''Secrets of the Hollywood Girls Club'' *
Jordan Mechner Jordan Mechner (born June 4, 1964) is an American video game designer, author, screenwriter, and filmmaker. He is best known for designing and programming the Broderbund Apple II games ''Karateka'' and '' Prince of Persia'' in the 1980s, the la ...
, founder of the ''
Prince of Persia ''Prince of Persia'' is a video game franchise created by Jordan Mechner. It is built around a series of action-adventure games focused on various incarnations of the eponymous Prince, set in ancient and medieval Persia. The first two games i ...
'' video game franchise.


Comics

Since 2008, Heroes and Villains Entertainment has had a co-imprint partnership agreement with Top Cow Productions, 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.


Epoch

Debuted at San Diego Comic-Con International Convention in 2011, ''
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'' 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.


Netherworld

First released in May 2011, ''
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'' 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.


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.


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.


American Legends

First released in November 2014, ''
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'' 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.Schwartz, Bill and Schwartz, Zachary (2014)"American Legends," Top Cow Productions, Inc


See also

Top Cow Productions
Tracker (comics) Tracker is a joint comic book venture of Top Cow Productions and Heroes and Villains Entertainment. It was written by Jonathan Lincoln and has art done by Francis Tsai, Derek Donovan, and Abhishek Malsuni. History Tracker premiered at the San D ...
Epoch (Top Cow/Heroes and Villains) Netherworld (Top Cow/Heroes and Villains) Son of Merlin Bushido: The Way of the Warrior
American Legends American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, pe ...


References

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External links


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Comic book publishing companies of the United States