Years later, Harbinger returned to original rightsholders Paramount Pictures, who have restarted development on a separate Harbinger movie.Ĭover of 'Harbinger Wars' #2, featuring Bloodshot and the superhero misfits, Harbinger.
Sony was on board until the hack revealed the plans. "Dream fantasy plan, just internal," the producer says. In return, Valiant pitched a more modest slate centered on Bloodshot and the superhero ensemble Harbinger, culminating in a movie based on the Harbinger story arc "Harbinger Wars." I don't think anyone's ever said no for a studio."
"We wanted to spread it around so we could get competitive. "We didn't want to do that," Shamdasani says. "They were all in on Valiant." But the publisher passed. Prior to the massive 2014 Sony Pictures hack, Sony entertained a seven-picture deal with Valiant. Whether Bloodshot becomes the biggest superhero movie of 2020 or not, "The shared universe is not a key factor." "If we're going to carve out a legacy in film and fight the largest brand film has ever seen, then we need to take every opportunity to be unique." This is 2020, and "the philosophy is now different" Shamdasani says, as audiences know all too well how shared universes work. What's more, "Valiant is the only universe built from the ground up to be a shared universe," Shamdasani says.īut that was then. Like Marvel and DC, Valiant wields its own shared universe of characters. Valiant returned with a rebooted universe in 2012, and titles like Bloodshot, X-O Manowar, Ninjak, Archer and Armstrong, and Faith became hits. Vin Diesel and Sam Heughan star in 'Bloodshot.' Sony Picturesīefore producing Bloodshot, Shamdasani and business partner Jason Kothari were hardcore Valiant fans who bought their favorite publisher after the bankruptcy of its parent company, Acclaim.
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