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Film Adaptation Is #1 at Box Office And Graphic Novel Wins “Comic
of the Year” at 2007 Scream Awards
IDW Publishing, a division
of IDT Internet Mobile Group‘s Zedge
Studios, scored two big wins with its 30
Days of Nighttitle this past week. The film adaptation of the
graphic novel, produced by Columbia Pictures and Ghost House Pictures
and starring Josh Hartnett,
Melissa George and Danny
Huston, placed #1 at the weekend box office this past weekend. In
addition, the original graphic novel, created by Steve
Niles and Ben Templesmith
for IDW Publishing, was named “Comic of the
Year“ at this week‘s
2007 Scream Awards.
“This has been a tremendous week for our
company,“ says Ted Adams, IDW‘s
CEO. “The audience and industry response to 30
Days of Night is testimony to the enormous creativity and appeal of
the comics genre. Furthermore, working with Columbia Pictures and Ghost
House Pictures on the movie version was a terrific experience. It was
the first one of our titles to ‘go Hollywood‘
and we couldn‘t be more pleased with the
result. We‘re very excited about working more
closely with studios to bring our portfolio of titles to life on screen.“
“IDW‘s success
with the 30 Days of Night title confirms its status as a major
resource for fresh entertainment fare,“ says
Morris Berger, head of IDT Internet Mobile Group. “It
is only the beginning for IDW and the whole Zedge Studios family.“
About IDT Internet Mobile Group (IMG) and IDW Publishing
IDT Internet Mobile Group‘s (IMG) Zedge
Studios develops and licenses content for distribution through online
and mobile platforms. IDW Publishing, a division of IMG and the core of
Zedge Studios, is an established leader in the comic book and graphic
novel marketplace, particularly in the horror, action, and sci-fi
genres. IDW lists some of the most successful and hottest print titles
in the industry among its portfolio, including: television‘s
#1 prime time series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Sony’s Underworld;
Paramount’s Star Trek; Fox’s 24 and Angel; Hasbro’s The
Transformers; Universal’s Scarface, Land of the Dead
and Shaun of the Dead; and Konami’s Silent Hill, and Metal
Gear Solid. The company also works with foreign licensing agents to
sell their comics around the world, with titles being published in
multiple languages and crossing dozens of regions. Zedge Studios‘www.Zedge.net, with over six million
subscribers, is a distribution platform for mobile content and for tools
and applications for creating, viewing and sharing content. IDT Internet
Mobile Group is part of IDT
Corporation (NYSE: IDT, IDT.C), an innovative and opportunity
seeking multinational holding company with operations that span various
industries.
