UTV partners with Virgin for new superhero books and films

India-based UTV Motion Pictures and its SpotBoy production arm are working with Virgin Comics, a division of Richard Branson's Virgin Group, to collaborate on four new superhero franchises. The brands will be leveraged across publishing, film, animation and gaming. The stories will initially be released as graphic novels published worldwide by Virgin. The first books are due out by the end of the year.The characters will be 'rooted in an Indian ideology and borne ...