Created by Goodman Pictures and director Tim Johnson, the newly-formed Underneath the Umbrella Productions has acquired the rights to adapt the comic strips “B.C.” and “Wizard of Id,” along with the fantasy novel “The Book of the Dun Cow.”
Johnson will co-write, produce, and direct the animated version of the “Wizard of Id,” the first film from the new venture. Tom Astle will co-write.
Created in 1964 by artist Johnny Hart, “Wizard of Id” follows a group of characters living in a fantasy medieval kingdom and has appeared in over 1000 newspapers globally, winning the National Cartoonists Society’s best humor strip five times. From the same creator, “B.C.” was first
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