Hellboy first appeared in 1994, Mike Mignola’s demon detective would go on to star in three films with a fourth upcoming film, The Crooked Man. In addition to the feature films, Hellboy has been featured in two animation features as well as two animated shorts.
- Set up rights deal
Amazon’s hit franchise based upon the Garth Ennis award-winning comic book series THE BOYS. In addition to being Amazon’s most popular and successful series, The Boys has generated several spinoffs – Diabolical, Gen V, and The Boys: Mexico.
- Set up rights deal
- Executive Producer
Based upon Garth Ennis’s groundbreaking series, PREACHER was one of TV’s most talked about series and ran for four seasons on AMC.
- Set up rights deal
- Executive Producer
An animated pilot featuring Mike Mignola’s off-beat supernatural detective, THE AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD. Starring Paul Giamatti, David Hyde Pierce, and Patton Oswalt.
- Set up rights deal
- Co-producer
Based upon the comic book series by Mark Millar, Wanted stars Angelina Jolie, James McAvoy, and Morgan Freeman. Wanted would go on to be nominated for several awards, including two Academy Awards and would finish as one of the top box office earners of 2005.
- Set up rights deal
Based on Jimmy Palmiotti’s action comic series of the same name, Painkiller Jane ran for 22 episodes on the SyFy network.
- Set up rights deal
- Co-executive Producer
Max Allan Collins’s neo-noir series based upon the book series of the same name was well-received by critics and audiences alike and ran for one season on Cinemax.
- Set up rights deal
- Executive Producer
Based upon the graphic novel by Max Allan Collins, Road to Perdition starred Tom Hanks and Paul Newman. It was nominated for multiple Academy Awards and BAFTAs, changing Hollywood’s view of comic books and graphic novels forever.
- Set up rights deal
Adapted from the graphic novel by Dan Schaffer, The Scribber stars Katie Cassidy (Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow).
- Set up rights deal
- Producer
Nightsky Team
KEN F. LEVIN – FOUNDER/PRODUCER
Ken F. Levin is the most successful developer of independent comics into film and television in Hollywood history. A twice-nominated EMMY producer, he co-founded the longest running independent comics company, the iconic 1FIRST COMICS, winner of HARVEY, EAGLE, and RIF (Reading is Fundamental) Awards, where Ken is credit with having brought “creator rights” into the industry and has served as its publisher since 2011. In 1986 Ken and original 1First Comics publisher, the late Rick Obadiah, set up the first independent comic to go live to action television, Mike Grell’s JON SABLE FREELANCE, which became the series SABLE (Renee Russos’s first professional role).
In the 1990’s, Ken’s personal and professional relationships with a small, select group of comics creators led to his doing the deals for Mike Mignola’s HELLBOY AND hellboy 2 (BOT DIRECTED BY gUILLERMO DEL tORO), Max Allan Collins’ ROAD TO PERDITION (Tom Hanks) and Mark Millar & J.G. Jones’ WANTED (Angelina Jolie). He then moved into television with his NIghtSky Productions, setting up and acting as Executive PRoducer on Jimmy Palmiotti & Joe Quesada’s PAINKILLER JANE (SyFy), and on Max Collins’ QUARRY (HBO/Cinemax), on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s PREACHER (AMC), veered to animation to Co-Produce Mike Mignola’s THE AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD pilot for SyFy Channel (voiced by Paul Giamatti and David Hyde Pierce) and went back to features to produce THE SCRIBBLER starring Katie Cassidy and Michael Imperioli, shot from Dan Schaffer’s screenplay, based on Dan’s graphic novel.
Currently Ken has two television projects and two feature films in development and is also Executive Producer of Amazon Prime’s THE BOYS, GEN V, and the in-development THE BOYS: MEXICO
JOHN YUAN – ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
MATT YUAN – ASSOCIATE PRODUCER
John and Matt Yuan, known collectively as The Yuan Twins, were born in Dallas, TX and raised on a steady diet of comic books, movies, and television. Determined to turn their childhood of pop culture consumption into a living, the twins moved to Los Angeles at the urging of their friend, the master of horror Stuart Gordon. After getting their screenplay DEATH VALLEY: THE REVENGE OF BLOODY BILL produced, they started their acting career in the cult classic OBSERVE AND REPORT with Seth Rogen, Anna Faris, and Ray Liotta.
From there they have made several appearances in film and TV, bringing their unique character to such series as ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND, IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, and as the Chang Gang in MARVEL’S AGENTS OF SHIELD
Their love of comics never wavered, however, and in 2012 they self-published their sci-fi action series DECLAN AND CHANG before joining 1First Comics with their workplace comedy SERVING SUPES in 2014, for which they won an @$$ie Award for “Favorite Comic Book Superhero Team”. They followed the success of this series with the fan-favorite INSPECTOR OH and the critically acclaimed LOVE TOWN.
In February of 2022, John and Matt were named Deputy Publishers of 1First Comics and in January 2025 they were attached to NightSky Productions as associate producers.
