COWBOYS & ALIENS: CIVIL WAR
The prequel to the Universal Studios major motion picture Cowboys & Aliens.
In 1864 the United States is entering into its fourth year of bloodshed between the North and South, but history is about to be rewritten.
The Confederate Army is decimating the Union armies with advanced alien weapons. The president orders a small group of unique and highly skilled individuals to sneak behind enemy lines to discover the source of the South’s newfound advantage and stop it by any means necessary.
What they discover is that aliens are providing the Confederates with technology in return for slaves to be used as human batteries.
This is the tale of that special unit, and how their each and as a group use individually-honed skills, relationships, spies, and war networks to try to win the day for the Union, and even more, turn the tide of history for the Slaves.
Based on the original graphic novel, Cowboys & Aliens Created by Scott M. Rosenberg
The Cowboys & Aliens Graphic novel was one of the largest-selling graphic novels in the history of graphic novels
Further graphic novels are being developed in parallel with the motion picture.
COWBOYS & ALIENS: CIVIL WAR
The prequel to the Universal Studios major motion picture Cowboys & Aliens.
In 1864 the United States is entering into its fourth year of bloodshed between the North and South, but history is about to be rewritten.
The Confederate Army is decimating the Union armies with advanced alien weapons. The president orders a small group of unique and highly skilled individuals to sneak behind enemy lines to discover the source of the South’s newfound advantage and stop it by any means necessary.
What they discover is that aliens are providing the Confederates with technology in return for slaves to be used as human batteries.
This is the tale of that special unit, and how their each and as a group use individually-honed skills, relationships, spies, and war networks to try to win the day for the Union, and even more, turn the tide of history for the Slaves.
Based on the original graphic novel, Cowboys & Aliens Created by Scott M. Rosenberg
The Cowboys & Aliens Graphic novel was one of the largest-selling graphic novels in the history of graphic novels
Further graphic novels are being developed in parallel with the motion picture.
GRAPHIC NOVEL
A graphic novel has been created in tandem with development of the film and will soon be available.
Based on the Screenplay written by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, Ray Ellingsen, & John Lechago.
Comic script written by Ethan Murphy. Illustrated by Alan Gallo & Figue. Lettered by Shannon Potratz.
Creative Team
RAY ELLINGSEN
Writer/Producer
Ray Ellingsen began his film career in 1987 as a writer. He has since gone on to pursue numerous aspects of filmmaking, from directing and producing, to supervising post production of feature films, documentaries, and commercials. In 1999, Ellingsen helped form the motion picture entertainment company, Ugly Old Bird Productions, which produced multiple film and video projects during its five years of doing business.
Ellingsen moved to Arizona in 2005 to manage the largest motion picture film studio in the state of Arizona, Hollywood-Phoenix Film Studios. Within a year, Ellingsen brought in three feature films, numerous commercials, as well as a television series for the studio to produce. Ellingsen left the studio and moved back to Los Angeles to further his filmmaking career.
To date, Ellingsen has written and directed two documentaries and a feature film, along with a multitude of commercial, instructional and industrial projects. He has also produced nine feature films and over 30 video and commercial projects, with two feature films currently in development.
MIKE MINKLER
Producer
Michael is a three-time Academy Award winning and eleven-time nominee Sound Re-recording Mixer who has mixed over 200 motion pictures over the last four decades. He was awarded the Oscar for Blackhawk Down, Chicago, and Dreamgirls as well as many other awards including the Career Achievement Award from the Cinema Audio Society. Mike has collaborated with most of Hollywood’s elite directors dating back to the 70’s. He is currently the lead mixer at the world-renowned Todd AO Studios in Hollywood.
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SCOTT ROSENBERG
Producer
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg is chairman of Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that controls the world’s largest independent library of comic book characters and adapts them for film, television, and all other media.
As chairman, Scott has played an integral role in creating the largest bible in comic book history: the Platinum Studios Macro-verse, which includes anchor titles such as Cowboys & Aliens, and Unique (currently in development at Disney).
Scott established Platinum Studios in 1997, following a successful, high-profile career as the founder of Malibu Comics, a leading independent comic book company that was sold to Marvel Comics in 1994. During his time at Malibu, Scott led many successful comics spin-offs into toys, television, and feature films, including the billion-dollar film and television phenomenon Men in Black.
Currently, in addition to creating electronic comics with animated panels, voice-overs, sound effects, and chart-topping music, Scott is working with MPMG to develop a slate of his comic properties into live-action independent feature films.
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JEFFREY HARDY
Producer/Analyst
Clients of FilmProfit, LLC, one of the foremost film industry analysts and business planners in the business, stretch from New York to Los Angeles to Asia, Russia, and London, and cover many of the key filmmaking arenas in between. Jeff, president of FilmProfit, LLC, is the co-author of FilmProfit software and the sole author of The FilmProfit Guide to Film Distribution Deals, a respected primer to the deals in the key film distribution markets. Mr. Hardy has acted as an expert witness for studios and independent producers and as an expert resource for Hollywood Reporter, Fortune Magazine, The Philadelphia Enquirer, and The Black Film Report, among others. He contributed to The Independent Film and Videomaker’s Guide (2nd ed.) and to the Independent Filmmaker’s Guide to Writing a Business Plan for Investors (1st and 2nd ed.). Jeff has provided business and strategic planning for well over 100 motion picture projects, as well as analytics services for hundreds more, with budgets ranging from the micro level to high-budget international studio co-productions like 2018’s summer’s THE MEG. More on the company’s clients and projects can be found at www.filmprofit.com.
JOHN PATRICK LECHAGO
Writer
John Patrick Lechago is a writer and director who is also trained in fine art. Starting at age nine John enrolled in traditional oil painting classes, winning the top awards in traditional art competitions. Later John would be admitted with a scholarship to the prestigious School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he would exhaust all their film classes before completing his degree at Columbia College Chicago film program. He would go on to write, didirectand editing numerous films and projects. John brings an exciting, original style to his films.
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Moving Pictures Media Group, also known as MPMG, is a production company founded for motion picture, television, and internet content. MPMG provides a full suite of services to assist independent filmmakers, production companies and investors in the development, production, post-production, distribution, and marketing of their projects. Managing Director and Chief Creative Officer, Michael Minkler is a three-time Academy Award winner for his outstanding work on Black Hawk Down, Chicago, and Dreamgirls. A seasoned professional who has collaborated on over 200 projects with Hollywood’s elite directors, his most recent works include the Academy Award winning film, The Hateful Eight, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Chief Legal and Operations Officer, Ron Takehara, has a wide range of legal experience in the entertainment industry, from high profile cases involving motion picture and television industry litigation, to representing entertainment production companies, television networks, actors, stunt men and women, and screenwriters.
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