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Platinum Studios, Inc. is a publicly traded media company based in the United States. It controls a large independent library of thousands of comic book characters, which it seeks to adapt, produce, and license for all forms of media, including print, film, online, mobile/wireless, gaming, and merchandising. The company has released films and/or television programming with Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks Films, MGM, Showtime, and Lionsgate.〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=IMDb )〕 The company has teamed up with many film and television producers for both development and production. These include Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Kurtzman & Orci (''Transformers''), Robert Cort (''Mr. Holland’s Opus'', ''Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures''), David Heyman (the ''Harry Potter'' movie series), and many more notable producers and directors.〔 The company became a public company in February 2008 and has been trading continuously. ==History== Platinum Studios was co-founded in January 1997 by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg (1997 to present) and European rights agent Ervin Rustemagić( 1997-2000).〔Press release. (Scott Rosenberg Leaves Marvel; Acquires 50 Percent of Platinum Studios, ) ''The Free Library'' (Jan. 16, 1997).〕 As the former head of Malibu Comics, Rosenberg led comic spin-offs into toys, television, and feature films, including the billion-dollar film and television franchise ''Men in Black'', based on the Marvel/Malibu comic ''The Men in Black'' by Lowell Cunningham. In 1992, Rosenberg brokered a deal in which seven top-selling artists defected from Marvel Comics to form Image Comics. Rosenberg signed the artists to a label deal which made Malibu the publisher of record for the first comics from Image, which gave the upstart creator-run publisher access to the distribution channels. This subsequently led to Malibu breaking all sales records for independent comics. In 1992, Malibu grabbed almost 10% of the American comics market share, temporarily moving ahead of industry giant DC Comics. As part of the arrangement with Rustemagić, Platinum Studios acquired the film and television rights to two popular European comic book series, ''Dylan Dog'' (for $500,000)〔MacDonald, Heidi. ("Platinum Studios alive and kicking and licensing Cowboys & Aliens," ) ''The Beat'' (August 16, 2011).〕 and ''Jeremiah''. ''Jeremiah'', which became the first European graphic novel series to be turned into a live action television series on U.S. television (Showtime).〔(【引用サイトリンク】website=Diamond Comics )〕 Platinum produces based on two distinctive categories: Those from the "Macroverse Bible," a multi-thousand page bible of interrelated comic characters created by Rosenberg,() including titles such as ''Cowboys & Aliens'', and properties acquired from other companies or creators such as Dylan Dog and Jeremiah (the latter two having been represented by Rustemagić for publishing rights only, with Platinum acquiring all other rights including film and television). Rustemagić left Platinum Studios in 2000. The company’s comic publishing philosophy is for the original publishers or rights holders to continue publishing their comics with Platinum Studios handling all other rights and development. Comics have been published based on Platinum’s properties, continuously since inception, whether by Platinum itself or the original rights holders. In May 1997, soon after forming Platinum Studios, Rosenberg licensed ''Cowboys & Aliens'' to DreamWorks/Universal Studios〔Fleming, Michael. ("D'Works, U lasso 'Cowboys'," ) ''Variety'' (May 20, 1997).〕 based on film and comic treatments, storylines, artwork and an iconic one sheet of a cowboy on horseback shooting at an oncoming spaceship.〔("'Cowboys & Aliens': Patience & Progress," ) ''Variety'' (link )〕 The one sheet when on to become the grap ''Reuters'' (Apr. 1, 2008)〕 growing to a revenue of over $11 million in the first three quarters of 2011. In September 2006, Platinum Studios purchased the webcomics community site DrunkDuck.com,〔 and in 2008 it acquired the digital media content site WOWIO. In 2009, Platinum sold WOWIO〔 to Brian Altounian, a Platinum Studios board member and former Platinum COO. In 2010, WOWIO acquired the DrunkDuck community from Platinum Studios as well.〔 In early 2012, Platinum Studios moved to new offices in West Los Angeles. In 2014, 27 million shares of Platinum were acquired by KCG Holdings.〔MacDonald, Heidi. ("Is a holding company acquiring what is left of Platinum Studios?," ) ''The Beat'' (Mar. 4, 2014).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Platinum Studios」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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