Dark Horse Entertainment

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Dark Horse Entertainment
Company type Division
Industry Entertainment
Founded1992;32 years ago (1992)
Founder Mike Richardson
Eric Paul Shaffer
Area served
Worldwide
Products
Owner Embracer Group
Parent Dark Horse Media
Divisions Dark Horse Indie
Website www.dhentertainment.com

Dark Horse Entertainment is a motion picture and television production arm of American comic book publishing company Dark Horse Comics, founded in 1992. [1] They also have a sub-label, Dark Horse Indie. They have their headquarters in Milwaukie, Oregon.

Contents

Productions

Series

The following are Dark Horse Entertainment TV projects based on Dark Horse comic books: [2]

Series based on Dark Horse Comics publications

Series not based on Dark Horse Comics publications

Films

The following are feature films based on series from Dark Horse Comics: [10]

Films based on Dark Horse Comics publications

Films not based on Dark Horse Comics publications

Dark Horse Indie

See also

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