Masked Republic released a recap of the announcements they made over the weekend at the San Diego Comic Con. The following was issued:
TV Series In Development, Video Game Announced, New Comic Series Launch – Masked Republic San Diego Comic Con Recap
This past week in San Diego, there was no shortage of entertainment world announcements. Masked Republic was right there in the center of it all including having our first company panel during which three major topics were discussed:
Masked Republic Comics & Massive Publishing’s The Luchaverse Is Getting Developed for Television by Writer/Showrunner Adair Cole and MXN Entertainment
With the first issue of Luchaverse: Catalyst having just hit comic shops on July 17th and many shop owners reporting selling out of the copies they stocked, it was perfect timing to announce the pact at SDCC. Cole has roots in Southern California wrestling, but is best known now in Hollywood as a television writer. His latest project is writing & showrunning the tv adaptation of the MMA film Warrior for Paramount+ and news leaked recently about an “wrestling meets Dazed and Confused” pilot he has sold to a top tier cable network. MXN founder Mason Novick has a long history in film and TV. Before he formed MXN he produced films including Juno, 500 Days of Summer and Jennifer’s Body. Since forming MXN, productions have included Lisa Frankenstein, Big Time Adolescence and Nightbooks for Netflix.
Masked Republic Comics & Massive Publishing Launch New Series & Storyworld Vampiro: Rockabilly Apocalypse
Announced in the days leading up to the convention, Vampiro: Rockabilly Apocalypse was a hit at SDCC. Fans from around the world stopped by the Masked Republic & Headlocked booth to meet the lucha legend and get their hands on the SDCC exclusive ashcan preview of issue #1 which will be in comic book shops on October 16th and is available for order now through Diamond Distribution’s Previewsworld.com.
In the pages and panels of Vampiro: Rockabilly Apocalypse, readers will join Vampiro, luchadora Estrella Nocturna, and underground music vlogger Everitt Holden as they hurtle down Route 66 in a 1955 Pontiac Bonneville on a quest to save the world! It’s a tale filled with monsters, muscle cars, luchadores, cops, clowns, nuns, guns, demons, blood and plenty of BBQ as our heroes race against time -and a whole host of enemies – to try and thwart a secret plan to jumpstart the apocalypse!
Created by Masked Republic’s Kevin Kleinrock and Headlocked Comics’ Michael Kingston and starring the most successful non-Hispanic star in the history of lucha libre, Vampiro (CMLL, WCW, Wrestling Society X, Lucha Underground, Lucha Libre AAA) Kingston is writing the series with art by El Terrorifico Dr. Napalm and lettering by Jacob Bascle. Cover A for issue #1 (and more to come) is painted by legendary lucha libre comic cover artist Rafael Gallur.
Watch the trailer for Vampiro: Rockabilly Apocalypse here.
LUCHA THROWDOWN: Masked Republic’s First Video Game To Be Released
Lucha Throwdown is a 1 vs. 1 immersive card game that merges both trading card game style play and a wrestling simulator like never before. The game features original characters, Masked Republic created luchadores (who will begin appearing on live events beginning with MaskedMania on September 7th in Edinburg, TX) and many of the biggest superestrellas in all of lucha libre beginning with L.A. Park, Legends of Lucha Libre Champion Tinieblas Jr., Dr. Wagner Jr. and Keyra. These four will come as part of the core game with more than a dozen additional superstars already on board for expansion play. The game will be released on Epic Games, Steam, PlayStation, XBOX and Nintendo Switch and is being developed by CEDN, Rani Studios, Demente Animation and Masked Republic.
The official website for the game has been launched at LuchaThrowdown.com where you can watch the game trailer, sign up for updates as we head toward the official release (date TBD).
Watch the trailer on YouTube here
SDCC 2024 was absolutely our biggest San Diego Comic Con to date, but with momentum like this, we’re already looking for 2025 to be record breaking again.
Look for footage from the Headlocked Comic & Masked Republic panel hosted by Busted Open’s Denise Salcedo to be added to Masked Republic social media (@maskedrepublic on Facebook, Instagram and X) throughout the week.
