UCP Archives

As part of Selwyn Seyfu Hinds (The Twilight Zone, Strange Adventures) & his production company Mad Massive Entertainment's new overall deal with UCP, The Hollywood Reporter is reporting exclusively that Cullen Bunn & Brian Hurtt's Oni Press graphic novel series The Sixth Gun will be making the leap from the page to the small screen. Eric[...]

If you say nothing else about Seth MacFarlane and his production company Fuzzy Door since signing an overall deal with UCP, you have to say this: when it comes to subjects, MacFarlane is definitely thinking diverse From a new miniseries adaptation of author Herman Wouk's The Winds of War and War and Remembrance and a[...]

In my defense, Universal Content Productions (UCP) first made the announcement back in October 2018 – and now it looks like it's found a home at short-form streaming platform Quibi. Quibi Originally published by Image Comics in January 2018, Prince's horror anthology series features our omnipresent narrator, the Ice Cream Man, as he weaves a dark tapestry[...]

Yup, that's right: Universal Content Productions (UCP) is serving up a another round of "Punky Power!" with a sequel series that has original star Soleil Moon Frye reprising her iconic pop culture role. Written by executive producers Steve Armogida and Jim Armogida (School of Rock, Grounded For Life), the sequel series finds Punky (Frye) now a[...]

Comic book and television writer Grant Morrison (Arkham Asylum) is branching out across the television landscape, signing an overall deal with Universal Cable Productions (UCP), the studio behind two other Morrison projects: SYFY's Happy! and Brave New World Under the terms of his new deal, Morrison will develop and produce original content for both linear and[...]

This is is Ellis's latest collaboration with UCP following El Pantera, which the studio had in development Ellis is also the creator or co-creator on Transmetropolitian, Planetary, Gun Machine, and Crooked Little Vein He previously worked with Shalvey and Bellaire on a celebrated Moon Knight run for Marvel. The studio has quite a few other script series[...]

A Ridley Scott produced movie adaptation of Mind MGMT was in the works back in 2013, but seems to have fizzled out. Flutter is an award winning graphic novel series by Jennie Wood and Jeff McComsey about a 15-year-old girl who uses her shapeshifting powers to change into a boy in order to pursue a girl she[...]

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Universal Cable Productions is expanding it's genre portfolio by inking three new deals. First up, writer Warren Ellis (Red) is going to develop his first TV series with producer Gale Anne Hurd (The Walking Dead) under her studio-based Valhalla Entertainment banner. "I've been strongly drawn to television over the last few years, and[...]