XERO is the first project in the Illuminous slate in partnership with 50 Cent’s G-UNIT Film & Television, Color Farm Media, and BLACK PANTHER writer Christopher Priest, creator of the comic book “Xero” published by DC Comics.

ILLUMINOUS is the production and publishing company founded by DC Comics’ BATMAN and Heavy Metal magazine veteran Joseph Illidge. Bringing together diverse creators and distinctive intellectual properties to produce innovative, multimedia stories, Illuminous is developing projects for film, television, animation, and print media. Illidge is an award-winning graphic novel editor and writer whose career includes working on groundbreaking stories for DC Comics’ BATMAN, BATGIRL, and BIRDS OF PREY and Heavy Metal Magazine. Joseph’s newest graphic novel is MPLS SOUND, about an ’80s Minneapolis funk group competing to become the next band for legendary musician Prince, and his HARRIET TUBMAN middle grade graphic novel from Harper Collins is in the works.