List of television series and films based on IDW Publishing publications

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Below is a list of television series and feature films based on characters and concepts that have appeared in IDW Publishing publications, including its various imprints. This list includes live action and animated television series and films.

Television[edit]

Live-action[edit]

Title Seasons Episodes Original airing Production company Network Notes / Refs
Dick Tracy 1 48 1950–51 Detroit Mirror / P.K. Palmer Productions CBS Dick Tracy.
Sable 1 7 1987–88 First Comics / Sherman-Rosetti Productions / Taft Broadcasting ABC Jon Sable.
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation 1 26 1997–98 Saban Entertainment / Mirage Studios Fox Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven 1 22 1998–99 Crow Productions / Alliance Films / Alliance Atlantis / Crescent Entertainment / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Syndication The Crow.
Wynonna Earp 4 49 2016–21 SEVEN24 Films / IDW Entertainment / Cineflix Studios / Dynamic Television / Cineflix Rights Syfy
V Wars 1 10 2019 IDW Entertainment / High Park Entertainment / Marada Pictures Netflix
October Faction 1 10 2020 IDW Entertainment / High Park Entertainment
Locke & Key 3 28 2020–22 Genre Arts / IDW Entertainment / Circle of Confusion Acquired the series from Hulu.[1]
Essex County 1 5 2023 First Generarion Films CBC Jeff Lemire.
Ongoing
Surfside Girls 1 10 2022–present Endeavor Content / IDW Entertainment Apple TV+ Kim Dwinell.
Upcoming
Grimjack TBA TBA TBA AGBO / Halfire Amazon Prime [2]

Web series[edit]

Title Year Production company Airing location Notes / Refs
30 Days of Night: Blood Trails 2007 Ghost House Pictures Fearnet 7 episodes.
30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust 2008 Ghost House Pictures Fearnet 6 episodes, sequel to Blood Trails.

Pilots[edit]

Title Year Production company Network Notes / Refs
Locke & Key 2011 DreamWorks Television / Amblin Television / Davis Entertainment Fox Broadcasting Company Passed over.[3]

Animated series[edit]

Title Original airing Production company Network Notes & Ref(s)
Popeye the Sailor 1960–1963 King Features Syndicate / Famous Studios /Rembrandt Films / Halas and Batchelor / Larry Harmon Pictures / Gerald Ray Studios / Jack Kenny Productions Syndication Popeye
The Dick Tracy Show 1961–1962 Detroit Mirror / United Productions of America Dick Tracy.
Speed Racer 1967–1968 Shueisha / Asahi Sonorama / Fusosha Publishing / Tatsunoko Production Fuji TV Speed Racer.
The All New Popeye Hour 1978–1983 King Features Syndicate / Hanna-Barbera / Taft Broadcasting CBS Popeye.
Popeye and Son 1987 King Features Syndicate / Hanna-Barbera
DuckTales 1987–1990 Dell Comics / Gladstone Publishing / Disney Comics / Gemstone Publishing / Boom! Kids / Disney Television Animation Syndication Uncle Scrooge.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987–96 Fred Wolf Films / Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The New Adventures of Speed Racer 1993 Shueisha / Fred Wolf Films Speed Racer.
The Maxx 1995 Image Comics / MTV Animation / Rough Draft Studios MTV The Maxx.
Mutant Turtles: Superman Legend 1996 Mirage Studios / Bee Media / Tsuburaya Productions Syndication Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Speed Racer X 1997 Shueisha / DIC Entertainment / Funimation TV Tokyo Speed Racer.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003–09 Mirage Studios / Dong Woo Animation / 4Kids Entertainment Fox Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Speed Racer: The Next Generation 2008–2013 Shueisha / Speed Racer Enterprises / Animation Collective / Toonz Animation India / Lionsgate Television Nicktoons Speed Racer.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012–17 Mirage Studios / Nickelodeon Animation Studios / LowBar Productions Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
TMNT Team Up: The Short Series 2017
Ducktales 2017–2021 Dell Comics / Disney Television Animation Uncle Scrooge.
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2018–2020 Mirage Studios / Nickelodeon Animation Studios Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Popeye's Island Adventures 2018 King Features Syndicate / WildBrain Spark YouTube Popeye.
The Rocketeer 2019–2020 Wild Canary Animation / Icon Creative Studios Disney Junior Rocketeer.
Ongoing
Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles 2022–present Dark Horse Comics / Netflix Animation / Atomic Monster / Dark Horse Entertainment / Gaumont Animation Netflix Usagi Yojimbo.
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2024 TBA TBA TBA

From IDW Imprints[edit]

Top Shelf Productions[edit]

Title Original airing Production company Network Notes & Ref(s)
SuperFuckers 2012–13 Top Shelf Productions / Frederator Studios Cartoon Hangover

Film[edit]

Live-action[edit]

Year Title Production studio(s) Notes
1945 Dick Tracy Detroit Mirror / RKO Radio Productions
1946 Dick Tracy vs. Cueball Detroit Mirror / RKO Pictures
1947 Dick Tracy's Dilemma Detroit Mirror / RKO Pictures
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome Detroit Mirror / RKO Pictures
1980 Popeye King Features Syndicate / Paramount Pictures / Walt Disney Pictures / Robert Evans Productions
1990 Dick Tracy Detroit Mirror / Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners
1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Golden Harvest / Limelight Entertainment / 888 Productions / Mirage Enterprises / Northshore Investments / New Line Cinema
1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze Golden Harvest / Mirage Enterprises / Northshore Investments / New Line Cinema / 20th Century Fox
1991 The Rocketeer Walt Disney Pictures Co-produced with Touchstone Pictures
1993 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III Golden Harvest / Clearwater Holdings / New Line Cinema / 20th Century Fox
1994 The Crow Dimension Films / Miramax [4]
1995 Tank Girl United Artists / Trilogy Entertainment Group
Judge Dredd TI Media / Rebellion Developments / Hollywood Pictures / Cinergi Pictures / Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation
1996 The Crow: City of Angels Dimension Films / Miramax [5]
2000 The Crow: Salvation IMF / Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation / Jeff Most Productions / Pacifica Film Development / Dimension Films [6]
2001 From Hell Top Shelf Productions/Underworld Pictures From Hell
2003 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen America's Best Comics/WildStorm/DC Comics/Top Shelf Productions/Knockabout Comics/20th Century Studios/Angry Films/International Production Company/JD Productions The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century
2005 The Crow: Wicked Prayer Dimension Films [7]
2007 30 Days of Night Sony Pictures Releasing Co-produced with Dark Horse Entertainment and Ghost House Pictures
2008 Speed Racer Shueisha / Village Roadshow Pictures / Silver Pictures / Anarchos Productions
2010 30 Days of Night: Dark Days Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Direct-to-video, co-produced with Ghost House Pictures, Stage 6 Films, RCR Media Group, and Dark Horse Entertainment
2011 Remains Synthetic Cinema International / Remains / Chiller Films [8]
2012 Dredd TI Media / Rebellion Developments / DNA Films / IM Global / Reliance Entertainment
2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Nickelodeon Movies / Platinum Dunes / Gama Entertainment / Mednick Productions / Heavy Metal / Paramount Pictures
2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Nickelodeon Movies / Movie Media Group / Alibaba Pictures / Platinum Dunes / Gama Entertainment / Mednick Productions / Smithrowe Entertainment / Paramount Pictures
Upcoming
2024 The Crow Hassell Free Productions / Electric Shadow Company / Davis Films / Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation / 30WEST Post-production[9]
2025 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin 1 October 2025
TBA Aleister Arcane Amblin Entertainment Co-produced with Mandeville Films[10]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Remake by Rhys Frake-Waterfield

Animated[edit]

Year Title Production Studio(s) Notes
1972 Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter King Features Syndicate /Filmation
1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter Teenage Mutants Ninja Turtles
1990 DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp Dell Comics / Walt Disney Pictures/Disneytoon Studios/Disney Animation France Uncle Scrooge
1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the Turtleoids Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2004 Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy King Features Syndicate/Mainframe Studios/Nuance Productions
2007 TMNT Imagi Animation Studios/Warner Bros. Pictures/The Weinstein Company Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2009 Turtles Forever Mirage Studios/4kids Entertainment
2016 Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past Mirage Studios/Nickelodeon/Paramount Home Entertainment
Turtles in Time
2017 Teenage Mecha Ninja Turtles
Raphael: Mutant Apocalypse
2022 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie Netflix/Nickelodeon Movies/Nickelodeon Animation Studios
2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Paramount Animation / Nickelodeon Movies / Point Grey Pictures / Paramount Pictures
Upcoming
2026 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem sequel 9 October 2026 TBA

Reception[edit]

Box office[edit]

Title Distributor(s) Release date
(United States) 		Bud­get (mil­lions) Box office gross
Opening weekend
(North America) 		North America Other territories Worldwide
30 Days of Night[11] Warner Bros October 19, 2007 $30 $15,951,902 $39,569,000 $35,936,977 $75,505,977
Total $30 $15,951,902 $39,569,000 $35,936,977 $75,505,977

Critical and public reception[edit]

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore[12]
30 Days of Night 51% (158 reviews)[13] 28 (19 reviews)[14] C[12]
30 Days of Night: Dark Days 7% (6 reviews)[15] TBA (0 reviews)[16] TBA
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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (March 30, 2020). "'Locke And Key' Renewed For Season 2 By Netflix". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on March 30, 2020. Retrieved March 31, 2020.
  2. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 19, 2019). "Russo Brothers' AGBO Studios Developing 'Grimjack Comics' & Japanese Anime 'Battle Of The Planets' – Comic-Con". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  3. ^ Owen, Rob (11 May 2011). "Fox reportedly passes on 'Locke & Key'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
  4. ^ "The Crow (1994)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  5. ^ "The Crow (1994)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  6. ^ "The Crow: Salvation". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  7. ^ "The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  8. ^ "Steve Niles' Remains film: uncut and loaded with bonuses". ComicList. March 30, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  9. ^ "'The Crow', starring Bill Skarsgård and FKA Twigs, now filming in Prague". The Prague Reporter. 2022-07-13. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  10. ^ McNary, Dave (June 21, 2016). "Jim Carrey, Eli Roth Team on Horror Film 'Aleister Arcane'". Variety. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  11. ^ "30 Days of Night". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Score Database". CinemaScore. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
  13. ^ "30 Days of Night (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  14. ^ "30 Days of Night Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  15. ^ "30 Days of Night: Dark Days". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  16. ^ "30 Days of Night: Dark Days Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 27, 2019.

External links[edit]

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