Dear Dracula optioned by Kickstart Entertainment.

[J.Williamson]

KICKSTART ENTERTAINMENT BITES ITS TEETH INTO DEAR DRACULA
 
Kickstart Entertainment, the company behind last summer’s smash comic-to-film hit WANTED and such upcoming projects as WANTED 2 and THE PREACHER, to be directed by Sam Mendes, has optioned DEAR DRACULA by Joshua Williamson and Vicente “Vinny” Navarrete.
 
DEAR DRACULA was published in October 2008 by Image/Shadowline Comics and tells the tale of a young boy who to decides to circumvent waiting on Santa Claus to bring him gifts by writing a letter to Dracula at Halloween. The boy is pleasantly surprised when the legendary vampire actually shows up and takes him on the adventure of a lifetime.
 
Kickstart Productions was established by Jason Netter in 1999 as a live action and animation production company.  With a focus on comic book based material, Kickstart is producing several comic book based projects for film and television.

In television, Kickstart is currently in development on an animated series based on THE PRO at Spike. Kickstart also produced the 22 episodes series PAINKILLER JANE for Sci Fi Channel, and the animated AMAZING SCREW ON HEAD for Sci Fi.  Kickstart is also currently in production on the second season of the animated TV series version of WOLVERINE & THE X MEN.

On the feature film side, Kickstart is currently in development on THE RED STAR, to be directed by Timur Bekmambetov at Universal, THE BOYS at Sony, MONSTER ATTACK NETWORK at Disney with Andy Fickman and THE COURIERS with Intrepid Pictures. Jason Netter is also producing ROBOTECH at Warner Brothers.
 
The DEAR DRACULA hardcover are available from Image/Shadowline on Amazon and from Diamond Distributors.

[SocraticBass]

You know I said "Gratz" over at Facebook and never got around to saying it here. Congrats, man! You have to be excited. Hope the stars line up for a great production.