Canada-based production company Legacy Filmworks, production-finance group Bron Management and comic-book publisher and transmedia outfit Arcana Studios have teamed to produce a slate of five films based on Arcana’s comic titles.

The first will be the sci-fi thriller “Paradox,” which will star Kevin Sorbo and be directed by Brenton Spencer (“Stargate: Atlantis”). Sorbo plays a homicide cop on a parallel Earth ruled by magic who investigates a series of murders committed by a previously unseen means: the power of science. Christos Gage and Ruth Fletcher Gage wrote the screenplay based on Arcana’s three-issue limited series written by Christos Gage, who has worked for Marvel and DC Comics. The Gages, repped by Benderspink, wrote Sony’s 2001 feature “The Breed” and have worked on NBC’s “Law & Order: SVU.”

Legacy Filmworks’ Deboragh Gabler is producing “Paradox” and the rest of the slate, as is Bron Management’s Aaron Gilbert, who helped arrange independent financing. Arcana founder-publisher Sean O’Reilly is executive producing.

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Comic book writer Christos Gage’s Paradox is the first of a slate of five films to be developed from comic books published by Arcana Studios, film industry publications have said. Gage and his wife, Ruth Fletcher Gage, wrote the screenplay.

The Hollywood Reporter said the Canadian production company Legacy Filmworks and Bron Management has teamed with the comic book publisher. Paradox is the story of a homicide detective on a parallel Earth where magic is real. He investigates a series of murders committed through the use of science instead of magic. Aaron L. Gilbert of Bron Management and Sean P. O’Reilly of Arcana Studios produce, according to Variety. Kevin Sorbo (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Andromeda) will play the lead role and Brenton Spencer (Stargate: Atlantis) is set to direct.

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Believe it or not, the 1980s hit TV series is back as a comic book. Created by writer-producer Stephen J. Cannell (The Rockford Files, Profit, The A-Team), The Greateast American Hero was the story of an average guy who was given a super-powered suit that allowed him to perform great feats…only he couldn’t always control what it did. Nonetheless, he did what any comic book loving American would do: he fought crime.

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Sean O’Reilly’s Arcana Comics is on the cusp of its five-year anniversary, a milestone that many independent publishers unfortunately never reach…

The harsh realities of the direct market are being felt throughout the industry, and it’s becoming more and more difficult to carve out a niche on today’s overcrowded shelves. The price of doing business continues to increase and there is little margin for error, even as Hollywood continues to find that comic books make for great R & D. It’s a wonder that anyone is able to gain a decent foothold in the game, and not only has Sean O’Reilly done that, but he continues to expand the scope of his studio’s offerings by starting with comics and building a functional trans-media initiative around them.

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