Andrew Cosby

Cosby worked at Malibu Comics from 1993 to 1995, at which time he left the company to pursue a career in films and was involved producing the feature film adaptation of Mage by comic book creator Matt Wagner with Spyglass Entertainment, and had various projects with Mike Medavoy (Phoenix Pictures), Mark Canton (The Canton Company), Akiva Goldsman, and Casey Silver.

In 2005, Cosby launched BOOM! Studios,{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/wizard-awards-boom-studios-new-publisher_article_50517.html |title=Wizard Awards Boom! Studios Best New Publisher - Mania.com |accessdate=2012-03-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921201013/http://www.mania.com/wizard-awards-boom-studios-new-publisher_article_50517.html |archivedate=2010-09-21 }} creating their first published comic, Zombie Tales.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

Working with Mike Richardson and Dark Horse, Cosby set up Damn Nation at MTV Films/Paramount Pictures, a comic book Cosby created and was subsequently attached to write and produce.{{Cite web |last=McNary |first=Dave |date=2005-07-28 |title=MTV Films makes a ‘Damn’ plan |url=https://variety.com/2005/film/features/mtv-films-makes-a-damn-plan-1117926614/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422065118/http://variety.com/2005/film/features/mtv-films-makes-a-damn-plan-1117926614/ |archive-date=2016-04-22 |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}

Cosby produced the 2013 film 2 Guns.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2012/02/denzel-washington-in-talks-to-star-in-2-guns-with-mark-wahlberg-for-universal-227438/|title=Denzel Washington in Talks to Star in '2 Guns' with Mark Wahlberg for Universal|date=7 February 2012}} He has produced the film adaptation of Mage, by Matt Wagner,[http://hollywood.com/movie/Unusual_Suspects/3462581 Unusual Suspects at Hollywood.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303143720/http://hollywood.com/movie/Unusual_Suspects/3462581 |date=March 3, 2008 }} Talent, and Tag with Marc Platt Productions and Universal Studios, Damn Nation at MTV Films/Paramount Pictures,{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/a23002/mtv-sinks-teeth-into-damn-nation.html|title=MTV sinks teeth into Damn Nation|first=Daniel|last=Saney|date=28 July 2005|publisher=Digital Spy}} The Nightmare of Hugo Baring with Mike Medavoy (Phoenix Pictures),[http://www.ez-entertainment.net/script/mar03scriptsales.htm March 2003 Script Sales] The Foundation at Paramount, Kringle with Mark Canton (The Canton Company), Akiva Goldsman, Creature Tech with Fox, Unusual Suspects with Lloyd Levin and Casey Silver,{{Cite web |url=http://www.higherlove.com/mage/news122199_2.html |title=Mage Site News |access-date=2010-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827173614/http://www.higherlove.com/mage/news122199_2.html |archive-date=2008-08-27 |url-status=dead }} Saints Row with Lloyd Levin, based on the THQ video game, The Untamed, based on the Stranger Comics graphic novel, and Among the Dead with Nick Spicer and XYZ Films. Cosby received sole script credit for 2019's Hellboy film, a reboot of the Hellboy film series. Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola also contributed to the script, though both went uncredited.{{cite web|last=Perry|first=Spencer|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/845915-neil-marshall-to-direct-hellboy-reboot-starring-david-harbour|title=Neil Marshall to Direct Hellboy Reboot Starring David Harbour!

|publisher=TComingsoon.net|date=8 May 2017|accessdate=8 May 2017}} In October 2017, it was announced that Cosby would write the script for a film adaptation of the graphic novel Silver.{{cite news|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|title='Silver' Mettle For 'Hellboy' Scribe Andrew Cosby|url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/silver-stephan-franck-andrew-cosby-graphic-novel-movie-1202182792/|accessdate=11 October 2017|website=Deadline|date=5 October 2017}}

Cosby co-created the UPN horror series Haunted and is the co-creator of the Syfy TV show Eureka, the series ran for five seasons ending in July 2012.{{cite web |url=http://forums.syfy.com/index.php?showtopic=2000355 |title=Starlog Interviews Andrew Cosby & Jaime Paglia |publisher=Syfy Forums |date=2006-07-25 |accessdate=2010-12-12}}

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