List of television series and films based on IDW Publishing publications

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

Contents

Television

Live-action

TitleSeasonsEpisodesOriginal airingProduction companyNetworkNotes / Refs
Dick Tracy 1481950–51 Detroit Mirror / P.K. Palmer Productions CBS Dick Tracy.
Sable 171987–88 First Comics / Sherman-Rosetti Productions / Taft Broadcasting ABC Jon Sable.
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation 1261997–98 Saban Entertainment / Mirage Studios Fox Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven 1221998–99Crow Productions / Alliance Films / Alliance Atlantis / Crescent Entertainment / PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Syndication The Crow.
Wynonna Earp 4492016–21SEVEN24 Films / IDW Entertainment / Cineflix Studios / Dynamic Television / Cineflix Rights Syfy
V Wars 1102019IDW Entertainment / High Park Entertainment / Marada Pictures Netflix
October Faction 1102020IDW Entertainment / High Park Entertainment
Locke & Key 3282020–22Genre Arts / IDW Entertainment / Circle of ConfusionAcquired the series from Hulu. [1]
Essex County 152023First Generarion Films CBC Jeff Lemire.
Ongoing
Surfside Girls 1102022–present Endeavor Content / IDW Entertainment Apple TV+ Kim Dwinell.
Upcoming
Grimjack TBATBATBA AGBO / Halfire Amazon Prime [2]

Web series

TitleYearProduction companyAiring locationNotes / Refs
30 Days of Night: Blood Trails 2007 Ghost House Pictures Fearnet 7 episodes.
30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust 2008Ghost House PicturesFearnet6 episodes, sequel to Blood Trails.

Pilots

TitleYearProduction companyNetworkNotes / Refs
Locke & Key 2011 DreamWorks Television / Amblin Television / Davis Entertainment Fox Broadcasting Company Passed over. [3]

Animated series

TitleOriginal airingProduction companyNetworkNotes & Ref(s)
Popeye the Sailor 1960–1963 King Features Syndicate / Famous Studios /Rembrandt Films / Halas and Batchelor / Larry Harmon Pictures / Gerald Ray Studios / Jack Kenny ProductionsSyndication Popeye
The Dick Tracy Show 1961–1962 Detroit Mirror / United Productions of AmericaDick Tracy.
Speed Racer 1967–1968 Shueisha / Asahi Sonorama / Fusosha Publishing / Tatsunoko Production Fuji TV Speed Racer.
The All New Popeye Hour 1978–1983King Features Syndicate / Hanna-Barbera / Taft Broadcasting CBSPopeye.
Popeye and Son 1987King Features Syndicate / Hanna-Barbera
DuckTales 1987–1990 Dell Comics / Gladstone Publishing / Disney Comics / Gemstone Publishing / Boom! Kids / Disney Television Animation Syndication Uncle Scrooge.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987–96 Fred Wolf Films / Mirage Studios Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The New Adventures of Speed Racer 1993Shueisha / Fred Wolf Films Speed Racer.
The Maxx 1995 Image Comics / MTV Animation / Rough Draft Studios MTV The Maxx.
Mutant Turtles: Superman Legend 1996Mirage Studios / Bee Media / Tsuburaya Productions SyndicationTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Speed Racer X 1997Shueisha / DIC Entertainment / Funimation TV Tokyo Speed Racer.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2003–09Mirage Studios / Dong Woo Animation / 4Kids Entertainment Fox Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Speed Racer: The Next Generation 2008–2013Shueisha / Speed Racer Enterprises / Animation Collective / Toonz Animation India / Lionsgate Television Nicktoons Speed Racer.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2012–17Mirage Studios / Nickelodeon Animation Studios / LowBar Productions Nickelodeon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
TMNT Team Up: The Short Series2017
Ducktales 2017–2021Dell Comics / Disney Television AnimationUncle Scrooge.
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2018–2020Mirage Studios / Nickelodeon Animation StudiosNickelodeonTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Popeye's Island Adventures 2018King Features Syndicate / WildBrain Spark YouTube Popeye.
The Rocketeer 2019–2020 Wild Canary Animation / Icon Creative Studios Disney Junior Rocketeer.
Ongoing
Samurai Rabbit: The Usagi Chronicles 2022–present Dark Horse Comics / Netflix Animation / Atomic Monster / Dark Horse Entertainment / Gaumont Animation Netflix Usagi Yojimbo.
Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles2024TBATBATBA

From IDW Imprints

Top Shelf Productions

TitleOriginal airingProduction companyNetworkNotes & Ref(s)
SuperFuckers 2012–13 Top Shelf Productions / Frederator Studios Cartoon Hangover

Film

Live-action

YearTitleProduction studio(s)Notes
1945 Dick Tracy Detroit Mirror / RKO Radio Productions
1946 Dick Tracy vs. Cueball Detroit Mirror / RKO Pictures
1947 Dick Tracy's Dilemma Detroit Mirror / RKO Pictures
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome Detroit Mirror / RKO Pictures
1980 Popeye King Features Syndicate / Paramount Pictures / Walt Disney Pictures / Robert Evans Productions
1990 Dick Tracy Detroit Mirror / Touchstone Pictures / Silver Screen Partners
1990 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Golden Harvest / Limelight Entertainment / 888 Productions / Mirage Enterprises / Northshore Investments / New Line Cinema
1991 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze Golden Harvest / Mirage Enterprises / Northshore Investments / New Line Cinema / 20th Century Fox
1991 The Rocketeer Walt Disney Pictures Co-produced with Touchstone Pictures
1993 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III Golden Harvest / Clearwater Holdings / New Line Cinema / 20th Century Fox
1994 The Crow Dimension Films / Miramax [4]
1995 Tank Girl United Artists / Trilogy Entertainment Group
Judge Dredd TI Media / Rebellion Developments / Hollywood Pictures / Cinergi Pictures / Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation
1996 The Crow: City of Angels Dimension Films / Miramax [5]
2000 The Crow: Salvation IMF / Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation / Jeff Most Productions / Pacifica Film Development / Dimension Films [6]
2001 From Hell Top Shelf Productions/Underworld Pictures From Hell
2003 The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen America's Best Comics/WildStorm/DC Comics/Top Shelf Productions/Knockabout Comics/20th Century Studios/Angry Films/International Production Company/JD Productions The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Volume III: Century
2005 The Crow: Wicked Prayer Dimension Films [7]
2007 30 Days of Night Sony Pictures Releasing Co-produced with Dark Horse Entertainment and Ghost House Pictures
2008 Speed Racer Shueisha / Village Roadshow Pictures / Silver Pictures / Anarchos Productions
2010 30 Days of Night: Dark Days Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Direct-to-video, co-produced with Ghost House Pictures, Stage 6 Films, RCR Media Group, and Dark Horse Entertainment
2011 Remains Synthetic Cinema International / Remains / Chiller Films [8]
2012 Dredd TI Media / Rebellion Developments / DNA Films / IM Global / Reliance Entertainment
2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Nickelodeon Movies / Platinum Dunes / Gama Entertainment / Mednick Productions / Heavy Metal / Paramount Pictures
2016 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows Nickelodeon Movies / Movie Media Group / Alibaba Pictures / Platinum Dunes / Gama Entertainment / Mednick Productions / Smithrowe Entertainment / Paramount Pictures
Upcoming
2024 The Crow Hassell Free Productions / Electric Shadow Company / Davis Films / Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation / 30WESTPost-production [9]
TBAAleister Arcane Amblin Entertainment Co-produced with Mandeville Films [10]
Teenage Mutant Ninja TurtlesRemake by Rhys Frake-Waterfield

Animated

YearTitleProduction Studio(s)Notes
1972 Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter King Features Syndicate /Filmation
1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Turtles' Awesome Easter Teenage Mutants Ninja Turtles
1990 DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp Dell Comics / Walt Disney Pictures/Disneytoon Studios/Disney Animation FranceUncle Scrooge
1991Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Planet of the TurtleoidsTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2004 Popeye's Voyage: The Quest for Pappy King Features Syndicate/Mainframe Studios/Nuance Productions
2007 TMNT Imagi Animation Studios/Warner Bros. Pictures/The Weinstein Company Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2009 Turtles Forever Mirage Studios/4kids Entertainment
2016 Half-Shell Heroes: Blast to the Past Mirage Studios/Nickelodeon/Paramount Home Entertainment
Turtles in Time
2017Teenage Mecha Ninja Turtles
Raphael: Mutant Apocalypse
2022 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie Netflix/Nickelodeon Movies/Nickelodeon Animation Studios
2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Paramount Animation / Nickelodeon Movies / Point Grey Pictures / Paramount Pictures
Upcoming
TBATeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem sequelTBATBA

Reception

Box office

TitleDistributor(s)Release date
(United States)
Bud­get (mil­lions)Box office gross
Opening weekend
(North America)
North AmericaOther territoriesWorldwide
30 Days of Night [11] Warner BrosOctober 19, 2007$30$15,951,902$39,569,000$35,936,977$75,505,977
Total$30$15,951,902$39,569,000$35,936,977$75,505,977

Critical and public reception

Film Rotten Tomatoes Metacritic CinemaScore [12]
30 Days of Night51% (158 reviews) [13] 28 (19 reviews) [14] C [12]
30 Days of Night: Dark Days7% (6 reviews) [15] TBA (0 reviews) [16] TBA
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