List of television series and films based on Boom! Studios publications

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Below is a list of television series and feature films based on characters and concepts that have appeared in Boom! Studios publications, including its various imprints. This list includes live action and animated television series and films.

Contents

Television

Live action

YearTitleProduction companyNetworkNotes / Refs
2021 Just Beyond 20th Television / Boom! Studios / KatzSmith Productions Disney+ [1]
Ordered
TBA Something Is Killing the Children Boom! Studios Netflix [2]
Upcoming
TBA The Woods Universal Content Productions / Boom! Studios / ASAP Entertainment Syfy [3]
Grass Kings Legendary Television TBA [4]
Talent Sony Pictures Television / Original Film / Boom! Studios Fox [5]
Snow Blind20th Television / Boom! Studios [6]
Protocol OrphansBoom! StudiosTBA [7]
Misfit City Max [8]
Butterfly Amazon MGM Studios / Boom! Studios / 3AD / The Amel Company Amazon Prime Video [9] [10]

Animated

YearTitleProduction companyNetworkNotes / Refs
2023 Mech Cadets Netflix Animation / Boom! Studios / Polygon Pictures Netflix [11] [12] [13] [14]
Upcoming
2026HexVets and Magic Pets Nickelodeon Animation Studio / Boom! Studios / TeamTO Nick Jr. [15] [16] [17] [18]
TBA BRZRKR Netflix Animation / Boom! Studios / Production I.G. NetflixFollow-up to the live action film adaptation of the same name [19] [20]
Slam!Boom! Studios / Rooster Teeth Studios Max [21] [22]
Lumberjanes Boom! Studios [23]

Film

Live action

YearTitleProduction studio(s)Notes
2013 2 Guns Universal Pictures / Boom! Studios / Marc Platt Productions / Emmett/Furla Films / Envision Entertainment / Herrick Entertainment / Foresight Unlimited
2020 The Empty Man 20th Century Studios / Boom! Studios / Out of AfricaReleased under the 20th Century Fox name.
2023 The Killer Netflix / Boom! Studios / Plan B / Panic Pictures
Upcoming
TBAThe UnsoundNetflix / Boom! Studios / Mångata [24]
The Last Sons Of AmericaNetflix / Boom! Studios / 6th & Idaho / Estuary Films [25]
Irredeemable Netflix / Boom! Studios [26] [27]
Goldie Vance20th Century Studios / Boom! Studios / Simpson Street [28]
BRZRKR Netflix / Boom! Studios / Company Films [19]

Reception

Box office

TitleDistributor(s)Release date
(United States)
Budget
(in millions)
Box office gross
Opening weekend
(North America)
North AmericaWorldwide
2 GunsUniversal PicturesAugust 1, 2013$61 million$27,059,130$75,612,460$131,940,411 [29]
The Empty Man20th Century StudiosOctober 23, 2020$16 million$1,310,326$2,992,948$4,796,993 [30]
The KillerNetflixOctober 27, 2023$175 million [31] $452,208 [32]
Total$252 million$28,369,456$78,605,408$137,189,612

Critical and public reception

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore [33]
2 Guns64% (183 reviews) [34] 55 (43 reviews) [35] B+ [33]
The Empty Man75% (28 reviews) [36] D+ [37]
The Killer85% (292 reviews) [38] 73 (58 reviews) [39]
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