Zero Gravity Management Signs Keenspot, Comics Creator Behind Hit Jennifer Lopez Pic ‘Marry Me’
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Zero Gravity Management has signed transmedia company Keenspot Entertainment, whose webcomic and graphic novel Marry Me by Bobby Crosby was recently adapted by Universal into the hit rom-com of the same name, starring Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson.
Released simultaneously last year in theaters and on Peacock, Marry Me hit #1 at the box office upon its Valentine’s Day weekend opening and also came in as Peacock’s most-streamed day-and-date title to date.
The company behind the source material, co-founded by CEO Chris Crosby, which has Bobby Crosby serving as President, launched as a pioneering publisher of webcomics in the year 2000, racking up billions of impressions on its website, keenspot.com and ultimately branching out into print.
Now a top indie publisher in comic book stores worldwide, with direct market sales often on par with competitors like Archie Comics, Keenspot also has a book line distributed exclusively by Simon & Schuster.
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