The Black Company Series in the Works with Eliza Dushku, David S. Goyer

IM Global Television is working with Eliza Dushku’s Boston Diva Productions and David S. Goyer’s Phantom Four on The Black Company, based on Glen Cook’s fantasy book series.

Boston Diva Productions optioned the ten-book action fantasy series, as well as the forthcoming book, Port of Shadows. Dushku (Bull, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) will star in the series in the role of the dark sorceress known as “The Lady.” Under IM Global Television’s first-look deal, Goyer (Christopher Nolan’s Batman films, Da Vinci’s Demons, Flash Forward) will executive produce along with Kevin Turen (Birth of a Nation, All Is Lost, Arbitrage).

Also on board as executive producers, through their Boston Diva company, are Dushku, Nate Dushku and Ami Lourie, along with Sam Maydew (Ghetto Klown) of Silver Lining Entertainment. The series follows the exploits of the Black Company, an elite mercenary unit that carries out the often nefarious deeds of the highest bidder across a Tolkeinesque landscape.

Mark Stern, IM Global Television’s president, said, “Glen Cook’s books turn the traditional fantasy adventure tropes on their ear with wry, dimensional characters and a modern sensibility. We’re excited to explore this intricate and exciting world for television with David and Kevin along with Eliza, Nate, Ami and Sam.”

Dushku added, “The Black Company is vast in scope yet remains fundamentally relevant through the morally ambiguous choices it presents at every turn. We are excited to bring Glen Cook’s classic story to life with Mark and David, luminaries in the cinematic pursuit of science fiction and epic fantasy, who will inevitably assemble poignant characters embroiled in jaw-dropping action.”