NEWS: Long John Animated Show in Development
There’s news and then there’s news.
At the beginning of this month, it was announced in the entertainment industry trade publication, Deadline, that Long John was a show in development by Barry Linen, a production company started by actor Chris Pine and producer Ian Gotler.
This has been in the works a very long time––this whole thing started back just before Volume 2 was released in 2016––and it has been tough to not really be able to talk about it. What I can say is that it all sparked with a single post––me answering a question posted by reader on the internet:
A year after that post, Robert Baker reached out and we started talking. The road from there to here has been wild, but I’m incredibly happy with where it ended up and the talent attached to it so far (the people you see named in the article; I don’t have any extra information). All that being said, you can imagine the relief of this news finally being out there in the world and able to share with everybody.
There’s not much I can say about it, mostly because it’s in the hands of the production company and the animation studio at this point and I’m here focusing on making my comics.
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Yeah! Let’s go! I’m so excited for you.
Congrats! Lookin’ forward to that. Will the show follow your first four graphic novels or something new you will create?
All the best, Chris
Thank you! Whether they follow the books or not is up to them. Whatever they do, I want them to make the best possible tv show they can make!