EXCLUSIVE:Zero Gravity Managementhas signed transmedia companyKeenspotEntertainment, whose webcomic and graphic novelMarry Meby Bobby Crosby was recently adapted by Universal into the hit rom-com of the same name, starring Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson.
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Released simultaneously last year in theaters and on Peacock,Marry Mehit #1 at the box officeupon its Valentines Day weekend opening and also came in as Peacocks most-streamed day-and-date title to date.
The company behind the source material, co-founded by CEO Chris Crosby, which has Bobby Crosby serving as President, launched as a pioneering publisher of webcomics in the year 2000, racking up billions of impressions on its website, keenspot.com and ultimately branching out into print.
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Now a top indie publisher in comic book stores worldwide, with direct market sales often on par with competitors like ArchieComics, Keenspot also has a book line distributed exclusively by Simon & Schuster.
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Keenspot is currently producing a series adaptation of the comic seriesGrubbsby Max Weaver, which features the voices of Wil Wheaton, Jerry OConnell, Jodie Sweetin, Jaleel White, Jason Marsden and Debi Derryberry.
M.J. Offen (Jade Armor) is serving as showrunner, co-producer and voice director for the series, with Zero Gravitys Glass House Studios supplying the animation.
The company is also currently developing a number of other projects based on IP from its library of 100+ titles includingSoftball Crew, based on the videos by Bobby Crosby that have attracted over 800M views on his YouTube channel, and the comic book spin-off that followed.
The writer behind the animated series adaptation, following a ragtag group of amateur softball players who get into adventures through space and time, isSpongeBob SquarePants Emmy-nominated Richard Pursel.
Pursel is also currently attached as showrunner for Keenspots animated seriesKung Fu Legume, based on the kids comics by Michael Adams about a bean who gains sentience and martial arts mastery after getting struck by lightning in space, then teaming up with a young girl genius and her robot grandpa to save the multiverse.
The fifth issue of that comic book hits stories March 22nd, with a related book collection planned for the 2023 holiday season.
Among the Keenspot comics also in active development for film and TV are Bobby Crosbys pre-World War II romanceDreamless; Brett MurphysToy, about an inventor named Toy who also happens tobea toy; Troy DongarrasKid Slapshot, watching as the last human boy alive on a planet of monsters escapes after being granted space-faring powers; Erik KlausNinjas & Robots, in which a ninja princess with memory loss battles robot overlords; Casey BowkersHollowed, following two mismatched detectives as they track a serial killer who hollows out their victims; and Chris CrosbysGod Mode, set at the dawn of the internet, in which a feisty Asian-American girl creates a gaming website acquired by an out-of-touch conglomerate.
Upcoming print comic book launches from Keenspot include Danny HarrellsRebel Grrrlsin July, Matt Fife and Matt Rodgers sci-fi comedyHappy Astronautin August, and Chris Crosby & Mike Rosenzweigs 1890s-set supernatural WesternGreenhornsin September.
And launching in May as a Keenspot webcomic is Amber GreenleesCaptain T.
My brother Bobby and I are extremely enthusiastic that Keenspot is now being represented by Zero Gravity, said Chris Crosby.
Very cool!
As a Keenspot comic creator myself, Im excited to be partnering with Zero Gravity to help adapt our characters to other media, addedImmortalcomic book creator Rob Potchak, who serves as associate editor for Keenspots comic book line.
Representing a diverse rosters of actors, writers, directors and producers working in film and television, Zero Gravity has also been behind films likeCopshopandThe Marksman, as well as such series asOzark,Dad Stop Embarrassing Me!andSelf Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J.
Walker.
