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Black Demon Tales arrives in April from Scout Comics

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When Mexican naval researcher Bella Gonzalez is wounded in an attack by a massive shark, she dedicates herself to destroying it. But can science eradicate something as ancient and supernatural as the Black Demon? This is Scout‘s first mass market release from its Latin comic imprint CHISPA!

Based on the Mexican legend, the film stars Josh Lucas, Fernanda Urrejola, and Julio Cesar Cedillo. Adrian Grünberg, who previously directed Rambo: Last Blood, is attached to helm the project. Boise Esquerra pens the film’s screenplay with its story by Carlos Cisco. The movie premiere’s in theaters nationwide on April 28th!

The film focuses on Paul Sturges, an oilman who takes his family to Bahia Negra, which has now become a ghost town. During his time there, he learns that an offshore platform has awoken a beast from legends. Deciding to investigate further into the issue, he and his family travel to the platform, where they go face-to-face with a giant black shark, which kills anything in its path and repeatedly attacks the oil rig. Now trapped with his family alongside several other men, Paul must race against time if he wants him and his family to survive nature’s deadliest creature.

Black Demon Tales is an anthology based on the lore of real Mexican fishermen blended with Indigenous beliefs written/lettered by Héctor Rodríguez III, pencils/inks by Vincenzo Sansone, color by Saul Shavanas, cover art by José Meléndez, and edited by David Bowles.

Scout Comics New Chispa Imprint Announces The Black Demon Movie And Comic Series

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Attack at Acapulco: A Black Demon Tale

At New York Comic Con 20221, Scout Comics announced that it’s partnering with Mucho Mas Media to launch the LatinX comic imprint Chispa Comics. The new imprint, helmed by veteran comics creators David Bowles, Hector Rodriguez III, and Javier Chapa, was created to explore within the global LatinX community and communities of color to find diverse creators and curate stories that are culturally relevant across various mediums of entertainment.

Their first release, Attack at Acapulco: A Black Demon Tale, puts readers in the middle of the busiest week of the season when things on the Pacific coast of Mexico are not as they seem. Written by Sebastian Martinez-Kadlecik and illustrated by Bruno Oliveira, Attack at Acapulco is rooted in the Mexican myth of the Black Demon, an ancient megalodon that lurks the seas, guarding nature at the behest of Tlaloc, the supreme Aztec god of rain, earthly fertility, and water.

Revealed this week, Josh Lucas will battle a giant shark in The Black Demon, a survival thriller from Rambo: Last Blood director Adrian Grunberg. The film was written by Boise Esquerra and is set to start principal photography in December on location in the Dominican Republic.

The film follows oilman Paul Sturges (Lucas) as he takes his family on vacation to Bahia Azul. There, the coastal town he and his wife once knew has mysteriously crumbled and the locals are nowhere to be found. Paul starts off his day with a routine visit to inspect his nearby oil rig, but before he knows it, his entire family has landed with him on the rotting metal tower. From the depths of the ocean rises a massive megalodon known only by its name: the Black Demon. Under constant threat from this primeval species of shark, Paul must find a way to get his family back to shore alive.

The Black Demon is produced by Mucho Mas’ Javier Chapa and Silk Mass’ Jon Silk, alongside R.U. Robot’s Petr Jákl. The movie is executive produced by production company Mucho Mas’ Phillip Braun, Simon Wise, Bruce Barshop, Vincent Cordero, Highland Film Group’s Delphine Perrier, Arianne Fraser, and Henry Winterstern, The Avenue’s JJ Caruth and R.U. Robot’s Martin J. Barab. The Avenue and R.U. Robot are on board for financing.