Event Horizon: Dark Descent Is a Long Overdue Prequel to the Movie

Nearly 30 years aft it archetypal deed theaters, Paul W.S. Anderson's Event Horizon is yet getting a prequel. IDW Publishing has revealed Event Horizon: Dark Descent, a five-issue comic publication bid that volition research the events starring up to the movie and uncover what precisely happened to the archetypal unit of the Event Horizon ship.

Dark Descent is written by Christian Ward (Batman: City of Madness) and drawn by Tristan Jones (Aliens: Defiance), with colors by Pip Martin (That Texas Blood) and screen creation by Ward, Jeffrey Alan Love, Martin Simmonds, and Joshua Hixson.

Here's IDW's authoritative statement of Event Horizon: Dark Descent:

Embracing the hard-R standing of the shocking movie, EVENT HORIZON: DARK DESCENT #1 (of 5 issues) volition lightspeed leap into comic shops this August. Taking spot earlier the events of the movie and wholly accessible to caller readers, this is the unbelievable communicative of the last destiny of the archetypal Event Horizon crew. What truly happened to Captain Kilpack and the archetypal unit arsenic their vessel journeyed crossed a nightmarish realm of torments beyond imagining? Abandon each anticipation arsenic demonic forces - led by Paimon, the eyeless King of Hell - unleash agony and axenic evil upon the unit successful a gripping story.

“It's a immense privilege to beryllium handed the keys of specified a beloved film, 1 I instrumentality precise earnestly and I person immoderate highly breathtaking things up my sleeve," Ward said successful a statement. "Big gory swings volition beryllium happening. You'll ne'er spot the movie successful the aforesaid airy again.”

“I deliberation what Christian's laying retired and adding to the lore is going to astonishment people," Ward said. "It's surely fixed maine a batch of gnarly, visceral worldly to chew connected visually, which is ever amusive and knowing that this is being done straight successful collaboration with the squad down the movie surely helps fastener things successful arsenic thing fans of the movie volition privation to research with us.”

Event Horizon: Dark Descent #1 volition beryllium released connected August 20, 2025.

For much connected the Event Horizon franchise, cheque retired our retrospective connected Event Horizon's 25th anniversary.

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