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 3 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 Prodigy Pictures, Inc. / Dark Horse Entertainment Space / Syfy
Ongoing
The Umbrella Academy 2 20 2019–present Universal Cable Productions / Borderline Entertainment / Dark Horse Entertainment Netflix Renewed for a third season.[1]
Resident Alien 1 10 2021–present Universal Cable Productions / Dark Horse Entertainment / Amblin Television Syfy Renewed for a second season.[2]
In development
Briggs Land TBA TBA TBA Dark Horse Entertainment / AMC Studios / A24 AMC [3]
The Fifth Beatle Sonar Entertainment / Bravo Media / Universal Cable Productions Bravo [4][5]
Fear Agent Sony Pictures Television Amazon Prime Video [6]
Grendel 1 8 Dark Horse Entertainment Netflix [7]
MIND MGMT TBA TBA Universal Cable Productions / Dark Horse Entertainment TBA [8]
Flutter [8]
Harrow County [9]
Sin City Legendary Pictures / Troublemaker Studios [10][11][12]
Black Hammer Legendary Entertainment [13][14][15]

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 Original running Production studio Network Notes
Duckman 1994–97 Klasky Csupo / Reno & Osborn Productions / Paramount Television USA Network
The Mask: Animated Series 1995–97 Dark Horse Entertainment / Film Roman / Sunbow Productions / New Line Television CBS Loosely based on the 1994 film and the Dark Horse Comics of the same name; also known as The Mask Animated Series and The Mask: The Animated Series
Fat Dog Mendoza 1998–2000 TMO-Loonland / Sunbow Productions / Cartoon Network Europe / Sony Wonder Cartoon Network
Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot 1999–2001 Dark Horse Entertainment / Adelaide Productions / Columbia TriStar Television Fox Kids
Axe Cop 2013–15 Friends Night / ADHD Studios Fox (season 1)
FXX (season 2)
The Rocketeer 2019–20 Wild Canary Animation / ICON Creative Studio, Inc. Disney Junior
In development
Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles TBA Gaumont Animation / Dark Horse Entertainment / Atomic Monster Productions Netflix An original CGI-animated series[16]
Hungry Ghosts Sony Pictures Animation / Dark Horse Entertainment TBA [17]

Pilots[]

Title Year Production studio Network Notes
The Amazing Screw-On Head 2006 Dark Horse Entertainment / Kickstart Productions / Lionsgate Television / Living Dead Guy Productions / Sci-Fi Channel Sci-Fi Channel Failed animated pilot, run length of 22 minutes, aired on August 20, 2006.[18]

Films[]

Live-action[]

Year Title Production studio Notes
1994 The Mask New Line Cinema / Dark Horse Entertainment Received 1 Oscar nomination.
Timecop Universal Studios / Largo Entertainment / Signature Pictures / Renaissance Pictures
1995 Tank Girl United Artists / Trilogy Entertainment Group
1996 Barb Wire PolyGram Filmed Entertainment / Propaganda Films / Dark Horse Entertainment
1999 Virus Universal Studios / Mutual Film Company / Valhalla Motion Pictures / Dark Horse Entertainment
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 Studios Direct-to-video; sequel to Timecop.
2004 Hellboy Columbia Pictures / Revolution Studios / Lawrence Gordon 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 / Gang of Seven Animation Sequel to The Mask.
Sin City Miramax / Dimension Films / Troublemaker Studios Written, produced and co-directed by Frank Miller.
2007 300 Warner Bros. Pictures / Virtual Studios / 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 Studios / Relativity Media / Lawrence Gordon Productions / Dark Horse Entertainment Sequel to the 2004 film Hellboy. Received 1 Oscar nomination.
2013 R.I.P.D. Universal Studios / Original Film / Relativity Media / 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 / Dark Horse Entertainment / Constantin Film
Hellboy Lionsgate Films / Millennium Films / Dark Horse Entertainment Reboot of the Hellboy film series.
Upcoming
TBA Blood Brothers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer / Dark Horse Entertainment [19]
Timecop Universal Pictures / Dark Horse Entertainment Reboot of the Timecop film franchise.[20]
Hard Boiled Warner Bros. Pictures / Dark Horse Entertainment [21][22][23]
Tank Girl LuckyChap Entertainment / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Reboot of Tank Girl.[24]
The Mask Dark Horse Entertainment Reboot of The Mask film franchise.[25]
Black Hammer Legendary Entertainment [26][14][27]

Animated films[]

Year Title Production studio Notes
2006 Hellboy: Sword of Storms Revolution Studios / IDT Entertainment / Film Roman 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. Released on DVD on March 10, 2007 and aired on Cartoon Network a week later, on March 17, 2007.
Upcoming
TBA Emily the Strange Amazon Studios / Dark Horse Entertainment Theatrical release.[28]
The Goon Blur Studio / Chernin Entertainment / Dark Horse Entertainment [29]

Shorts[]

Year Title Production studio Network Notes
2008 Hellboy: Iron Shoes Revolution Studios / IDT Entertainment / Film Roman Direct-to-video Bonus feature for the DVD release of Hellboy: Blood and Iron; only short of the Hellboy Animated series.
2010 Hellboy: The Dark Below Revolution Studios / IDT Entertainment / Film Roman Direct-to-video A second short called Hellboy: The Dark Below was released in 2010.
2013 R.I.P.D. Titmouse, Inc. Adult Swim 2 minute prequel short to the feature-length film.

Reception[]

Box office[]

Title Distributor(s) Release date
(United States) 		Budget
(in millions) 		Box office gross[30]
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 $44,664,690
Total $1.032 billion $345,777,891 $962,353,736 $2,289,904,157

Critical and public reception[]

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore[31]
The Mask 77% (52 reviews)[32] 56 (12 reviews)[33] B+[31]
Timecop 45% (42 reviews)[34] 48 (17 reviews)[35] B+[31]
Tank Girl 40% (43 reviews)[36] N/A B[31]
Barb Wire 28% (36 reviews)[37] 40 (14 reviews)[38] N/A
Virus 12% (49 reviews)[39] 19 (17 reviews)[40] C[31]
Mystery Men 61% (104 reviews)[41] 65 (24 reviews)[42] C+[31]
G-Men from Hell N/A[43] N/A N/A
American Splendor 94% (186 reviews)[44] 90 (42 reviews)[45] N/A
Timecop 2: The Berlin Decision N/A (2 reviews)[46] N/A N/A
Hellboy 81% (201 reviews)[47] 72 (37 reviews)[48] B−[31]
Alien vs. Predator 21% (149 reviews)[49] 29 (21 reviews)[50] B[31]
Son of the Mask 6% (105 reviews)[51] 20 (26 reviews)[52] B−[31]
Sin City 77% (250 reviews)[53] 74 (40 reviews)[54] B[31]
300 61% (236 reviews)[55] 52 (42 reviews)[56] A−[31]
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem 12% (78 reviews)[57] 29 (14 reviews)[58] C[31]
Hellboy II: The Golden Army 86% (248 reviews)[59] 78 (36 reviews)[60] B[31]
R.I.P.D. 13% (100 reviews)[61] 25 (27 reviews)[62] C+[31]
300: Rise of an Empire 45% (192 reviews)[63] 48 (34 reviews)[64] B−[31]
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 43% (183 reviews)[65] 46 (38 reviews)[66] B−[31]
Polar 20% (45 reviews)[67] 19 (12 reviews)[68] N/A
Hellboy 18% (217 reviews)[69] 31 (44 reviews)[70] C[31]
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