BREAKING MOVIE/TV NEWS

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Paramount Developing Valiant's "Harbinger"...

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Paramount Pictures have acquired screen rights to Valiant Comics' "Harbinger".

Brett "X-Men: The Last Stand" Ratner is in talks to direct the feature under the MTV Films banner, with producers Alexandra Milchan and Jay Stern.

Premise of "Harbinger", created by writer Jim Shooter in 1992, focuses on humans with powers that can be unlocked by 'omega' harbingers.

Valiant Comics is being relaunched by Valiant Entertainment Group, headed by CEO Jason Kothari and chief creative officer Dinesh Shamdasani.

The original Valiant Comics sold 80 million comic books and 8 million video games, before being purchased by Acclaim Entertainment in 1994 for $65 million...