This October, Asylum Press and Nite Owl Productions are launching Chopper, a new comic miniseries which reimagines the Headless Horseman, which will concurrently be the focus of a live-action web series prequel.
Chopper, which will arrive as a digital release the same day as the comic, is written by screenwriter Martin Shapiro and illustrated by Juan Ferreyra.
According to Asylum Press President Frank Forte, Shapiro, “has created a dark, truly original world of drugs, outlaw bikers, and supernatural mayhem that horror fans should really respond to.”
Shapiro added, “The idea for Chopper came to me when I was at the Daytona Bike Week Festival in Florida hanging out with a bunch of bad-ass bikers, getting stoned and telling war stories. I love custom choppers and I love horror films from the 1970’s and ‘80s, so I decided to combine the two elements into a hardcore, no-holds-barred
Producer J.C. Christofilis saw a digital PDF of the books and snapped up the movie rights to Chopper. He quickly put together financing to produce an innovative web series to introduce fans across the globe to the Chopper mythology and build awareness for an upcoming movie in 2012. The web series stars Tyler Mane (played Michael Myers in Rob Zombie’s Halloween remake, and Sabretooth in X-Men) and Andrew Bryniarski (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Any Given Sunday, Batman Returns). It will feature all-new prequel story material NOT in the comic book.
Other transmedia components associated with Chopper include an iPhone game app, a music deal with a popular heavy metal band to be announced next month, and a sponsorship deal with Rockstar Energy Drink.
According to Christofilis, “I realized there was an opportunity to expand Martin’s strong characters and story universe from the comic book by utilizing transmedia storytelling to create original online tales that could further enrich the overall Chopper mythology and entertainment experience for fans. Our goal is to reach massive audiences through all possible media platforms as we unleash integrated, killer content via the comics, web series, social media and ultimately feature films. We are confident this new horror franchise will connect deeply with fans who appreciate a mix of quality storytelling and hardcore horror on the level of Sleepy Hollow and the first Nightmare on Elm Street.”
Check out the trailer below and after the jump check out several pages from the upcoming first issue.
For more details, check out AsylumPress.com
