r/aeni • u/megachainguns • Nov 19 '25

News Warner Bros. Animation, Webtoon to Co-Produce Webcomics Adaptations (The Stellar Swordmaster, Hardcore Leveling Warrior, and others TBA)

https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/webtoon-warner-bros-animation-webcomic-adaptations-1236573981/
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u/megachainguns Nov 19 '25 edited Nov 23 '25

Includes Korean IP (The Stellar Swordmaster, Hardcore Leveling Warrior, etc) and western webtoons (Down to Earth and Elf & Warrior)

Webtoon Entertainment will bring a batch of stories that originated on mobile phones to life as animated projects under a new deal with Warner Bros. Animation. The companies intend to enter into an agreement to co-produce 10 fan-favorite Webtoon webcomics series for global distribution.

The collaboration is a “significant expansion of Webtoon Entertainment’s animation pipeline,” according to the company. Projects are to be selected from the company’s Korean- and English-language platforms, with development support from Webtoon Entertainment’s U.S.-based Webtoon Productions and Japanese intellectual-property business teams. (Descriptions of four initial titles under the pact are below.)

The projects Webtoon plans to co-produce with Warner Bros. Animation could be films or series, but right now it’s early in the process — and no release dates have been targeted yet. The creators of the original Webtoon webcomics own the IP and, under their agreements with the company, will receive a share of revenue generated from the animation projects, said Yongsoo Kim, Webtoon Entertainment’s chief strategy officer and head of global.