EXCLUSIVE: Harbinger Movie Script Complete, On Track for 2018 Release

While Valiant Comics prepares to relaunch the Harbinger side of their universe with Harbinger Renegade [read exclusive details on the new series right here], they’re also leading up to a major storyline in the comics called Harbinger Wars 2. A sequel to their first line-wide event crossover, the story begins in next month’s Renegade, continues in a mail-order only (seriously) special zero issue, and culminates in the event comic in 2018 – the same year, Valiant confirmed exclusively to ComicBook.com, that Harbinger the movie from Sony Pictures is on track to come out in theaters.

The script, says Valiant Entertainment CEO and Chief Creative Officer Dinesh Shamdasani, is complete, and “is fantastic.” He said that “a lot of the elements are in place,” and “Sony is very aggressive” about completing the movie for the 2018 target.

“It’s not solely up to [Valiant] if the movie really stays in 2018. We work with Sony on those,” he said. “[But] The movie should come out around then.”

Shamdasani is careful, with Valiant’s aggressive path into film, the digital series Ninjak vs. The Valiant Universe, comics, and more to make sure each branch of the company is putting out the best quality product, and be “as strong as it can be.”

“We treat publishing and film almost like church and state. We’ve seen how across the street larger media and licensing events can infect publishing negatively. We build what we build in publishing again to be the best story that it can be. We’re focused on Harbinger Wars 2 [in publishing] because now this is the right story. This is the right trajectory where it’s a couple years out. We feel like the anticipation will build and will help the story telling succeed,” Shamdasani said. “In terms of piling the two together, if that happens, it’ll be a little bit of luck.”

Sony Pictures has not yet announced a director or actors being targeted for Harbinger, but with a finished script and a full-speed ahead approach, we should be hearing announcements very soon.