List of television series and films based on IDW Publishing publications

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

Live-action

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]
Surfside Girls	1	10	2022	Endeavor Content / IDW Entertainment	Apple TV+	Kim Dwinell.
Essex County	1	5	2023	First Generarion Films	CBC	Jeff Lemire.
Upcoming
Grimjack	TBA	TBA	TBA	AGBO / Halfire	Amazon Prime	^[2]

Web series

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

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

Animated series

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	Syndication	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	CBS	Popeye.
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		Nickelodeon	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Ducktales	2017–2021	Dell Comics / Disney Television Animation	Disney+	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.
Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles	2022	Dark Horse Comics / Netflix Animation / Atomic Monster / Dark Horse Entertainment / Gaumont Animation	Netflix	Usagi Yojimbo.
Ongoing
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	2024	Point Grey Pictures / Nickelodeon Animation Studio	Paramount+	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

From IDW Imprints

Top Shelf Productions

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

Film

Live-action

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
1947	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
1995	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
2024	The Crow	Hassell Free Productions / Electric Shadow Company / Davis Films / Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation / 30WEST
Upcoming
2025	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin	Paramount Pictures	In production
2030	Aleister Arcane	Amblin Entertainment	Co-produced with Mandeville Films^[9]
TBA	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles	Remake by Rhys Frake-Waterfield

Animated


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
2016	Turtles in Time
2017	Teenage Mecha Ninja Turtles
2017	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	Paramount Animation / Nickelodeon Movies / Point Grey Pictures / Paramount Pictures	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Reception

Box office

Title	Distributor(s)	Release date (United States)	Budget (millions)	Box office gross
Title	Distributor(s)	Release date (United States)	Budget (millions)	Opening weekend (North America)	North America	Other territories	Worldwide
30 Days of Night^[10]	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

Film	Rotten Tomatoes	Metacritic	CinemaScore^[11]
30 Days of Night	51% (158 reviews)^[12]	28 (19 reviews)^[13]	C^[11]
30 Days of Night: Dark Days	7% (6 reviews)^[14]	TBA (0 reviews)^[15]	TBA
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References

^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Owen, Rob (11 May 2011). "Fox reportedly passes on 'Locke & Key'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
^ "The Crow (1994)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
^ "The Crow (1994)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
^ "The Crow: Salvation". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
^ "The Crow: Wicked Prayer (2005)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved June 29, 2019.
^ "Steve Niles' Remains film: uncut and loaded with bonuses". ComicList. March 30, 2020. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
^ McNary, Dave (June 21, 2016). "Jim Carrey, Eli Roth Team on Horror Film 'Aleister Arcane'". Variety. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
^ "30 Days of Night". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Score Database". CinemaScore. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
^ "30 Days of Night (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
^ "30 Days of Night Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
^ "30 Days of Night: Dark Days". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
^ "30 Days of Night: Dark Days Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 27, 2019.

External links

List of television series and films based on IDW Publishing publications at IMDb

[deadline_s2_renew-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] McNary, Dave (June 21, 2016). "Jim Carrey, Eli Roth Team on Horror Film 'Aleister Arcane'". Variety. Retrieved October 26, 2019.

[10] "30 Days of Night". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 27, 2019.

[IDWScore-11] "Score Database". CinemaScore. Retrieved October 26, 2019.

[12] "30 Days of Night (2007)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 27, 2019.

[13] "30 Days of Night Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 27, 2019.

[14] "30 Days of Night: Dark Days". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 27, 2019.

[15] "30 Days of Night: Dark Days Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 27, 2019.

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List of television series and films based on IDW Publishing publications

Contents

Television

Live-action

Web series

Pilots

Animated series

From IDW Imprints

Top Shelf Productions

Film

Live-action

Animated

Reception

Box office

Critical and public reception

See also

References

External links