EXCLUSIVE: Plucky announced the formation of Plucky Pictures and the option of two key properties to launch the division.
This milestone is a major move for Plucky on its mission to create engaging content across all media. This news comes as the company acquired options on two properties: The Survivalist series of novels from the estate of author Jerry Ahern.
Calabrese the life rights to a member of the Chicago Outfit. “On the eve of our tenth anniversary, we’re excited to expand our creative services to include longform content development and production” says Jeffrey J.
Marks, Partner at Plucky. “Given our success in short form and our stellar reputation for crafting highly regarded main titles and motion content, combined with the opportunity to acquire the rights to a pair of exciting projects, this seems like the natural evolution at the perfect time.” The Survivalist is an alternate history fiction, set in a Soviet occupied, post nuclear America that follows John Rourke’s efforts to re-unite with his family.
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