Dragonmount, along with a few other fans sites, received this press release from Red Eagle Entertainment and the Dabel Brothers, the producers of the NEW SPRING graphic novel:

LOS ANGELES – Red Eagle Entertainment, LLC™ announced today that they have formed a production partnership with comic book studio Dabel Brothers Production (DB Pro) to bring internationally and critically acclaimed author Robert Jordan’s New Spring: The Novel, the prequel to his epic bestselling The Wheel of Time™ series, to the world of comic books and graphic novels.

 

“We are very enthusiastic about our collaboration with Dabel Brothers Production,” said

Rick Selvage, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Red Eagle Entertainment. “We have enjoyed the work we’ve seen from the Dabel Brothers thus far and we’re looking forward to building a long-term relationship with them to bring this story to a broad new audience through the visually-powerful medium of comic books and graphic novels.”

 

Red Eagle Entertainment, a company dedicated to building global value in entertainment

franchises through a comprehensive program of brand management and licensing, holds

the worldwide film and television distribution rights to Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World, as well as ancillary rights. Red Eagle Entertainment intends to expand Jordan’s already passionate fan base with a tightly-linked combination of quality entertainment programming coupled with a wide assortment of licensed products and branded merchandise.

 

The first of these products will be a line of monthly comic books and graphic novels based

around Jordan’s recent bestselling prequel to the series, which will also serve as Red Eagle Entertainment’s debut into the comic book industry under the Red Eagle Publishing brand.

 

The comic book adaptation, tentatively titled The Wheel of Time: New Spring, will be cowritten by Robert Jordan and comic book veteran Chuck Dixon (writer, Batman, Nightwing, Savage Sword of Conan, writer/creator, Way of the Rat, adapter, The Hobbit, 2002). It will feature art by Mike S. Miller ( Justice League of America, Wolverine, Adventures of Superman, The Hedge Knight) with colors by Étienne St. Laurent, letters by Dave Lanphear of Artmonkeys, and book design by Lithium Pro Design.

 

“We’re dedicated to ensuring this book is consistent both with the vision of Robert Jordan

and the imagination of his fans,” said Les Dabel, Vice President and New Business Director

for Dabel Brothers Production. “We’ve had great success in the past with other properties,

and we feel that we’ve settled into an excellent groove for producing top-notch books on a

monthly schedule. Red Eagle Entertainment will bring enormous resources and broad

experience to the table to help promote and produce this title properly, and we are excited about our partnership with them.”

 

The launch of the comic book adaptation of New Spring is planned for this July at the Comic-Con International convention in San Diego, where Robert Jordan will serve as the guest of honor. In the future, further information and announcements regarding the comic

book and graphic novel versions of New Spring will be available at www.red-eagleentertainment.com and at major websites maintained by fans of Robert Jordan and The Wheel of Time series.

 

About Red Eagle Entertainment, LLC™

Red Eagle Entertainment builds global value in franchise entertainment properties through a comprehensive program of licensing and brand management. Based in Los Angeles, Red Eagle scours the creative landscape for compelling literary works, original story concepts and under-leveraged brands and entertainment properties and acquires projects for development into motion pictures, television, electronic games, consumer products and more.

 

About Dabel Brothers Production

Dabel Brothers Production is a comic book studio dedicated to bringing many of the best

and most popular novels in the world of fantasy to the comic book medium. With a passion for authenticity and a firm respect for the original text, the Dabel Brothers work hard to ensure that their adaptations build upon and enhance the worlds of popular works in a manner that longtime fans and new readers alike can enjoy. Additional information about Dabel Brothers Production can be found online at

www.dabelbrothers.com.

 

The most interesting part of this news is this little tidbit right here: "[Red Eagle] holds

the worldwide film and television distribution rights to Robert Jordan’s The Eye of the World" ... "intends to expand ... with a tightly-linked combination of quality entertainment programming coupled with a wide assortment of licensed products and branded merchandise."

In other words, expect to see more WoT merchandise, games, and maybe a movie (??) from them. Maybe.

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