7. Bulletproof Monk was a creative tribute to numerous films. It was also quite entertaining. Any other such films in the works?
No one ever described BPM as a "creative tribute," so thank you! It was a very fun project to work on and something I really learned a lot by being associated with. Currently I have one project set up at Fox Searchlight studios that I am developing that is actually based around the idea of re-incarnation and karma. Not sure when that will end up in the theaters as we are in the early stages of development but am quite excited about it. As for other projects, I am very hopeful that the Virgin Comic and Animation will be the foundation for many new properties that will one day see life on the silver screen. So for now, that's really where my creative focus is going.
8. What is your role in Virgin Comics and how was your motivation to get involved?
I am the Chief Creative Officer and will be overseeing all of the creative development for our original properties. Mainly my motivation comes from the opportunity to be involved in a creative enterprise based out of India. I think there is a very unique opportunity to be part of a real creative renaissance in India. I am so impressed by the tremendous talent I am already working with in India and am excited by where we are headed.
9. When do you plan to hit the streets with the first edition and are you planning to publish them in regional languages too?
Our first four properties will be out in the marketplace in India in July of this year. our intention is really to make them available everywhere. In India, yes we will be printing in about 15 different local languages and hope to make readers proud of what we create!
Cross posted at Intentblog.com
Article comments
1 - Susan Caffery
Seven full adventure books written about a girl-child avatar who takes birth in Bangalore to fight the dark forces killed in heavenly war now living in Bangalore. Firat book written as script for animation. Bala Devi Sharma could be an icon for Indian children and there are enough adventures to last years and years as aanimation series. This is a free download but...is anything really free? The fifty artists you have working in Virgin Comics Bangalore studios could spend the rest of their lives doing Bala Devi Avatar. Is it a co-incidence that these books and the script are available just when your Virgin Comics is ready to manifest Bala?