![]() ![]() ![]() The main character in the story is assassinated with his wife, then brought back to life by a team of scientists. They were very open and welcoming, and treated us very nicely as the creators of the original concept.” VanHook got the opportunity to see the trailers of the film and give his opinion. Next thing I knew, I was on set in South Africa with Bob (Layton) and the cast. “Once that was announced, it was real, then fairly quickly, I was given a chance to see where they were going with the script. A couple of years ago it was announced, he said, that Sony was moving forward using the same production company that’s behind “The Fast and the Furious” franchise, and they wanted to go with Diesel as the lead. I’d get excited, then nothing happened.”Īlthough he kept his hand in comics, occasionally writing for DC, VanHook has been a filmmaker for the last 25 years. VanHook said he got a call “as early as 2013, saying there’s going to be a movie, it’s going to happen. ‘Bloodshot’ was one of the most successful, and they approached Hollywood about optioning the rights.” They didn’t do anything until they raised substantial capital, then relaunched all the IPs (intellectual properties) in 2012. “It sat in bankruptcy for a number of years, until they were bought out of it and having the rights to publish the characters again, but didn’t have the money. Ultimately, that company filed bankruptcy, taking “Bloodshot” with it. The quality of the book, I can say humbly, is what kept people buying it, month after month.”īut Valiant was bought out by a video company, with the idea of becoming a character creation outlet, immediately changing things. That cover, just because it was so unique, so novel, helped us sell that advance number we did. “We also used a specialty printing process for the cover - chromium. It wasn’t just creative people, but people who understood the economics and advertising.” The comics had legitimate ads that helped offset the costs of publishing they weren’t just relying on sales from the books themselves. “Valiant was the first one I’d been a part of that clearly had business people involved. VanHook said those were great days for the comic book industry it was booming. ![]()
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