Burlyman Entertainment
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| Industry | Publishing |
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| Founded | 2004 |
| Founder | The Wachowski Brothers |
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Key people
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Spencer Lamm (editor, writer) Geof Darrow (creator, writer, artist) Steve Skroce (creator, artist) |
| Products | Comics |
| Website | Official website |
Burlyman Entertainment is a comic book company created by The Wachowski Brothers, best known as the writer/director duo behind the Matrix Trilogy.
"Burlyman" was the The Matrix Reloaded and Revolutions' production codename. According to the films' visual effects supervisor John Gaeta, the title is a reference to a film they all loved; the Coen brothers' Barton Fink. He points out that the Wachowski Brothers agonized and struggled to make the Matrix films, just like Fink had to, to write "THE BURLYMAN" screenplay, a wrestling picture. However on The Matrix Comics Vol. 1 graphic novel the Wachowskis playfully discuss a different origin for the company's name. According to them, Burlyman was the name of their first script, a wrestling picture. They add they either haven't seen Barton Fink, wouldn't like to see a movie that sounded like it was subtitled or that it isn't a good movie as long as it doesn't have any wrestling in it. In truth, the Wachowskis are familiar with the movie and include it to a list of movies they have made to recommend to anyone who "want[s] to understand Hollywood".
Burlyman Entertainment first started as the publisher for the Matrix Comics series started by the Wachowskis, which was published into two separate volumes. Burlyman Entertainment also published some new, non-Matrix related comics: Shaolin Cowboy, written and drawn by comic book artist Geoff Darrow, who also served as the conceptual designer for the Matrix Trilogy, and Doc Frankenstein, written by the Wachowskis and drawn by Steve Skroce, the storyboard artist for The Matrix trilogy, and previously worked with the brothers on the comic book series, Ectokid.
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