Roy Lee’s Vertigo Entertainment, AWA Partner to Create Horror Films

Artists Writers & Artisans, Inc. and Vertigo Entertainment have announced a new partnership set to turbocharge horror storytelling.

The partnership will originate horror stories from a curated group of writers and artists and will develop stories over different formats like prose, comics, film and TV.

“AWA and Vertigo Entertainment are building the next generation of top horror franchises,” the announcement reads. “AWA will publish the graphic works for each story, while Vertigo Entertainment and AWA Studios, the Film & TV division of AWA, will co-produce the Film and TV adaptations to bring these tales to life on screen.”

AWA co-founder and CCO Axel Alonso and AWA Studios president Zach Studin are set to discuss the partnership at a Tribeca X panel this afternoon called “The Future of Fear.”

Vertigo Entertainment, Roy Lee’s production company, has a strong footing in the horror community, as Lee has produced films such as “Barbarian,” “It,” “The Grudge,” “The Ring” and the recent Shudder hit “Late Night With the Devil.” Among Vertigo’s upcoming projects include Zach Cregger’s eagerly-anticipated feature “Weapons.”

Since 2020, AWA has published critically acclaimed horror comics and graphic novels, such as John Lees and Dalibor Talajic’s “Hotell,” Rob Williams and Ollie Masters’ “Old Haunts,” Garth Ennis and Jacen Burros’ “The Ribbon Queen” and Benjamin Percy and Daniel Kraus’ “Year…