List of television series and films based on Dark Horse Comics publications

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Below is a list of television series and feature films based on Dark Horse Comics publications, including its various imprints. This list includes live action and animated television series and films.

Television

Live action

Title Seasons Episodes Original running Production studio Network Notes / Refs
Timecop 1 9 1997–98
Lawrence Gordon Productions / December 3rd Productions / Dark Horse Entertainment / Universal Television
ABC Loosely based on the 1994 film and the Dark Horse Comics; 13 episodes ordered but only 9 episodes were aired.
Dark Matter 3 39 2015–17 Blue Penguin / Prescience / Dark Horse Entertainment / Prodigy Pictures Inc.
Space / Syfy
Ongoing
The Umbrella Academy 3 30 2019–present Borderline Entertainment (seasons 1 and 2) / Irish Cowboy (season 3–present) / Dark Horse Entertainment / Universal Content Productions Netflix Renewed for a fourth and final season.[1]
Resident Alien 3 34 2021–present Jocko Productions / Amblin Television / Dark Horse Entertainment / Universal Content Productions Syfy
In development
She Could Fly TBA TBA TBA Dark Horse Entertainment / AMC Studios AMC [2]
Fear Agent Sony Pictures Television / Point Grey Pictures Amazon Prime Video [3]
Wyrd Dark Horse Entertainment / Vendetta Productions / FX Productions / 20th Television FX [4]
Mind MGMT
Dark Horse Entertainment Netflix [5]
Sin City Legendary Television / Troublemaker Studios TBA [6][7][8]
Grendel Dark Horse Entertainment [9][10]

Specials

Title Original running Production studio Network Notes
The B.P.R.D. Declassified 2004 Visible Man Productions
FX Network
Live-action special, run length of 22 minutes, aired on March 22, 2004.

Animated series

Title Seasons Episodes Original running Production studio Network Notes / Refs
Duckman 4 70 1994–97
Paramount Television
USA Network
The Mask: Animated Series 3 54 1995–97 Dark Horse Entertainment / Film Roman / Sunbow Entertainment / New Line Television CBS Loosely based on the 1994 film and the Dark Horse Comics of the same name.
Fat Dog Mendoza 2 26 2000
Sony Wonder Television
Cartoon Network
Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot 2 26 1999–2001 Dark Horse Entertainment / Adelaide Productions / Columbia TriStar Television Fox Kids
Axe Cop 2 22 2013–15 Friends Night / ADHD Studios Fox (season 1)
FXX (season 2)
The Rocketeer 1 22 2019–20 Wild Canary Animation / Icon Creative Studio Disney Junior
Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles 2 20 2022 Atomic Monster / Dark Horse Entertainment / Gaumont Animation / Netflix Animation Netflix Loosely based on the comics by Stan Sakai.[11]
Upcoming
Iyanu: Child of Wonder TBA TBA 2024 Lion Forge Animation / Impact X Capital / Forefront Media Group Cartoon Network / Max [12][13]
In development
Hungry Ghosts TBA TBA TBA Sony Pictures Animation TBA [14]
Lady Danger G-Unit Films and Television Inc. / Make Good Content Amazon Freevee [15]

Motion comics

Title Seasons Episodes Year Production studio Network Notes
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight Motion Comic
1 19 2010
Fox Home Entertainment
Amazon Prime Video / iTunes
Dark Horse Motion Comics 1 32 2012 Geek & Sundry YouTube [16]

Pilots

Title Year Production studio Network Notes
The Amazing Screw-On Head 2006 Kickstart Productions / Living Dead Guy Productions / Lionsgate Television Sci-Fi Channel Failed animated pilot, 22 minutes long, aired on August 20, 2006.[17]

Films

Live action

Year Title Production studio Notes
1994 The Mask New Line Cinema / Dark Horse Entertainment Received 1 Oscar nomination.
Timecop Universal Pictures / Largo Entertainment / Signature Pictures / Renaissance Pictures / Dark Horse Entertainment
1995 Tank Girl United Artists / Trilogy Entertainment Group
1996 Enemy Dark Horse Entertainment / TriStar Television Television film; failed pilot.
Barb Wire PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / Propaganda Films / Dark Horse Entertainment
1999 Virus Universal Pictures / Mutual Film Company / Dark Horse Entertainment / Valhalla Motion Pictures
Mystery Men Universal Pictures / Dark Horse Entertainment / Golar Productions
2000 G-Men from Hell Sawmill Entertainment Direct-to-video.
2003 American Splendor Fine Line Features / HBO Films / Good Machine / Dark Horse Entertainment Received 1 Oscar nomination.
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision Universal Pictures Direct-to-video; sequel to Timecop.
2004 Hellboy Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios / Lawrence Gordon/Lloyd Levin Productions / Dark Horse Entertainment
Alien vs. Predator
20th Century Fox / Brandywine Productions / Davis Entertainment / Impact Pictures / Stillking Films
2005 Son of the Mask New Line Cinema / Radar Pictures / Dark Horse Entertainment Sequel to The Mask.
Sin City Miramax / Dimension Films / Troublemaker Studios Written, produced and co-directed by
Frank Miller
.
2007 300
Legendary Pictures
/ Atmosphere Pictures / Hollywood Gang Productions
Frank Miller served as executive producer.
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 20th Century Fox / Brandywine Productions / Davis Entertainment /
Dune Entertainment
Sequel to Alien vs. Predator.
2008 Hellboy II: The Golden Army Universal Pictures / Relativity Media / Lawrence Gordon/Lloyd Levin Productions / Dark Horse Entertainment Sequel to the 2004 film Hellboy. Received 1 Oscar nomination.
2013 R.I.P.D. Universal Pictures / Original Film / Dark Horse Entertainment
2014 300: Rise of an Empire Warner Bros. Pictures /
Cruel and Unusual Films
/ Legendary Pictures / Atmosphere Pictures / Hollywood Gang Productions
Sequel to 300.
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For The Weinstein Company / Dimension Films / Aldamisa Productions / Demarest Films / Troublemaker Studios / Miramax / Solipsist Films / A. R. Films Sequel to Sin City.
2019 Polar Netflix / Constantin Film / JB Pictures / Dark Horse Entertainment
Hellboy Lionsgate Films / Summit Entertainment / Millennium Media / Lawrence Gordon/Lloyd Levin Productions / Nu Boyana Film Studios / Dark Horse Entertainment / Campbell Grobman Films First reboot of the Hellboy film series.
2022 R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned Universal 1440 Entertainment / Dark Horse Entertainment Direct-to-video; prequel to R.I.P.D.[18][19]
Upcoming
TBA Hellboy: The Crooked Man Ketchup Entertainment / Nu Boyana Film Studios / Campbell Grobman Films / Millennium Media / Dark Horse Entertainment Second reboot of the Hellboy film series.[20]
In development
TBA Tank Girl LuckyChap Entertainment / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Reboot of Tank Girl.[21]
Mystery Girl Netflix / Dark Horse Entertainment / Wonderland Sound and Vision / She Ready Productions [22]
Lady Killer Netflix / Dark Horse Entertainment / B for Effort [23]
Dept. H Netflix / Dark Horse Entertainment [24]
Bang! Netflix / Dark Horse Entertainment / 87North Productions [5]
The Black Kaiser XYZ Fims / Constantin Film /JB Pictures / Dark Horse Entertainment [25][26]

Animated films

Year Title Production studio Notes
2006 Hellboy: Sword of Storms The first film of the Hellboy Animated series. Premiered on Cartoon Network on October 28, 2006, later released on DVD on February 6, 2007.
2007 Hellboy: Blood and Iron The second film of the Hellboy Animated series. Premiered on Cartoon Network on March 10, 2007, later released on DVD on June 12, 2007.
2022 Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness
nWave Pictures
/ Octopolis
Theatrical release. Released on Netflix in the United States and select territories.
In development
TBA The Goon Netflix Animation / Blur Studio / Chernin Entertainment / Dark Horse Entertainment [27][28]

Shorts

Year Title Production studio Notes
2008 Hellboy: Iron Shoes Bonus feature for the DVD release of Hellboy: Blood and Iron. First short of the Hellboy Animated series.
2010 Hellboy: The Dark Below Second and final short of the Hellboy Animated series.
2013 R.I.P.D. Titmouse, Inc. Released on Adult Swim; promotional prequel short to the feature-length film of the same name.

Reception

Box office

Title Distributor(s) Release date
(United States)
Budget
(in millions)
Box office gross[29]
Opening weekend
(North America)
North America Worldwide
The Mask New Line Cinema / Dark Horse Entertainment July 29, 1994 $23 $23,117,068 $119,938,730 $351,583,407
Timecop Universal Studios / Largo Entertainment / JVC Entertainment Inc. September 16, 1994 $27 $12,064,625 $44,853,581 $101,646,581
Tank Girl United Artists March 31, 1995 $25 $2,018,183 $4,064,495 $4,064,495
Barb Wire Gramercy Pictures / Dark Horse Entertainment May 3, 1996 $9 $1,844,426 $3,793,614 $3,793,614
Virus Universal Pictures January 15, 1999 $75 $6,013,640 $14,036,005 $30,652,005
Mystery Men July 30, 1999 $68 $10,017,865 $29,762,011 $33,461,011
G-Men from Hell Sawmill Entertainment July 22, 2000 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
American Splendor Good Machine / HBO Films / Dark Horse Entertainment August 15, 2003 $2 $159,705 $6,010,990 $8,000,000
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision Universal Pictures September 30, 2003 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Hellboy Columbia Pictures / Dark Horse Entertainment April 2, 2004 $66 $23,172,440 $59,623,958 $99,318,987
Alien vs. Predator 20th Century Fox August 13, 2004 $60 $38,291,056 $80,282,231 $172,544,654
Son of the Mask New Line Cinema / Dark Horse Entertainment February 18, 2005 $84 $7,511,675 $17,018,422 $57,600,000
Sin City Dimension Films / Troublemaker Studios April 1, 2005 $40 $29,120,273 $74,103,820 $158,753,820
300 Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures / Virtual Studios March 9, 2007 $65 $70,885,301 $210,614,939 $456,068,181
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 20th Century Fox December 25, 2007 $40 $10,059,425 $41,797,066 $128,884,494
Hellboy II: The Golden Army Universal Pictures / Dark Horse Entertainment July 11, 2008 $85 $34,539,115 $75,986,503 $185,258,983
R.I.P.D. Universal Pictures / Dark Horse Entertainment July 19, 2013 $130 $12,691,415 $33,618,855 $78,477,749
300: Rise of an Empire Warner Bros. Pictures / Legendary Pictures / Virtual Studios March 7, 2014 $110 $45,038,460 $106,580,051 $331,114,051
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For Dimension Films / Troublemaker Studios August 22, 2014 $65 $6,317,683 $13,754,898 $39,407,616
Polar Netflix / Constantin film January 25, 2019 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Hellboy Lionsgate / Millennium Films / Campbell Grobman Films / Nu Boyana / Lawrence Gordon Productions / Dark Horse Entertainment April 12, 2019 $50 $12,045,147 $21,903,748 $55,065,289
Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness Sony Pictures International Productions / nWave Pictures / Octopolis January 23, 2022 $20 Unknown Unknown $10,885,116
R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned Universal 1440 Entertainment / Dark Horse Entertainment November 15, 2022 Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Total $1.044 billion $345,777,891 $962,353,736 $2,311,189,872

Critical and public reception

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore[30]
The Mask 77% (52 reviews)[31] 56 (12 reviews)[32] B+[30]
Timecop 45% (42 reviews)[33] 48 (17 reviews)[34] B+[30]
Tank Girl 40% (43 reviews)[35] B[30]
Barb Wire 28% (36 reviews)[36] 40 (14 reviews)[37]
Virus 12% (49 reviews)[38] 19 (17 reviews)[39] C[30]
Mystery Men 61% (104 reviews)[40] 65 (24 reviews)[41] C+[30]
G-Men from Hell [42]
American Splendor 94% (186 reviews)[43] 90 (42 reviews)[44]
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision — (2 reviews)[45]
Hellboy 81% (201 reviews)[46] 72 (37 reviews)[47] B−[30]
Alien vs. Predator 21% (149 reviews)[48] 29 (21 reviews)[49] B[30]
Son of the Mask 6% (105 reviews)[50] 20 (26 reviews)[51] B−[30]
Sin City 77% (250 reviews)[52] 74 (40 reviews)[53] B[30]
300 61% (236 reviews)[54] 52 (42 reviews)[55] A−[30]
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 12% (78 reviews)[56] 29 (14 reviews)[57] C[30]
Hellboy II: The Golden Army 86% (248 reviews)[58] 78 (36 reviews)[59] B[30]
R.I.P.D. 13% (100 reviews)[60] 25 (27 reviews)[61] C+[30]
300: Rise of an Empire 45% (192 reviews)[62] 48 (34 reviews)[63] B−[30]
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 43% (183 reviews)[64] 46 (38 reviews)[65] B−[30]
Polar 20% (45 reviews)[66] 19 (12 reviews)[67]
Hellboy 17% (244 reviews)[68] 31 (44 reviews)[69] C[30]
Chickenhare and the Hamster of Darkness 60% (5 reviews)[70] — (1 review)[71] [30]
R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned 20% (5 reviews)[72] — (2 reviews)[73] [30]
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See also

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