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09-13-2004, 01:31 PM
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'Sabrina' Conjuring Up Big-Screen Bow
Mon Sep 13, 2004 01:50 AM ET
By Gail Schiller
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" has cast her spell on Paramount Pictures, which has signed a deal to co-produce a live-action film based on the Archie Comics character.
"While the movie will be empowering for girls, it is going to have the action and science-fiction fantasy that appeals to boys," said Archie Comics Entertainment president Allan Grafman, who will serve as a producer.
Paramount and Archie Comics will split the proceeds of a licensing and merchandising program surrounding the film.
"Sabrina" is the second motion picture deal for Archie Comics Entertainment, which was founded last year by Archie Comics Publications chairman Michael Silberkleit and president Richard Goldwater to develop the company's comic book characters -- including Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Katy Keene, the Mighty Crusaders and Josie and the Pussycats -- into entertainment properties. It has partnered with Miramax Films to develop "Betty & Veronica."
Paramount Television produced the long-running TV series "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," starring Melissa Joan Hart, which aired on ABC and the WB Network from 1996-2003. "Sabrina" made its comic book debut in the early 1970s.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter
'Sabrina' Conjuring Up Big-Screen Bow
Mon Sep 13, 2004 01:50 AM ET
By Gail Schiller
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch" has cast her spell on Paramount Pictures, which has signed a deal to co-produce a live-action film based on the Archie Comics character.
"While the movie will be empowering for girls, it is going to have the action and science-fiction fantasy that appeals to boys," said Archie Comics Entertainment president Allan Grafman, who will serve as a producer.
Paramount and Archie Comics will split the proceeds of a licensing and merchandising program surrounding the film.
"Sabrina" is the second motion picture deal for Archie Comics Entertainment, which was founded last year by Archie Comics Publications chairman Michael Silberkleit and president Richard Goldwater to develop the company's comic book characters -- including Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Katy Keene, the Mighty Crusaders and Josie and the Pussycats -- into entertainment properties. It has partnered with Miramax Films to develop "Betty & Veronica."
Paramount Television produced the long-running TV series "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," starring Melissa Joan Hart, which aired on ABC and the WB Network from 1996-2003. "Sabrina" made its comic book debut in the early 1970s.
Reuters/Hollywood Reporter