Both Weird Fantasy and the as-yet-untitled biopic will be produced Gaines’ daughter and grandson, Cathy Mifsud and Corey Mifsud for EC, alongside Dinesh Shamdasani, Sean Daniel, Jason F. Brown and Gorinson for Hivemind.
The film will follow Gaines’ transformation from New York publishing impresario to counterculture hero and champion of the First Amendment.
Hivemind today announced a new partnership with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc., the proprietors of EC Comics, for a number of film and television projects based on the tremendously influential, often controversial, comic book publisher William M. Gaines.
Additionally, a feature film based on the life of Gaines, the former EC Comics publisher and self-styled comics provocateur who challenged the rigid moral code of 1950s America.