Platinum Studios Signs Deal with Top Cow

The Hollywood Reporter says Platinum Studios has signed an exclusive deal to acquire and develop properties from leading independent comics publisher Top Cow Productions for film and television.

The agreement gives Platinum, headed by chairman Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, the largest independently controlled catalog of characters, puts it in a position to challenge market leaders Marvel Comics and DC Comics, and gives it development deals with every major Hollywood studio.

Top Cow projects already in development include Wanted at Universal Pictures, Inferno at Warner Bros. Pictures, Rising Stars at MGM and Fathom at 20th Century Fox.