Variety reports that Devil’s Due has set up shop in Hollywood, hiring former Marvel Entertainment employee Stephen Christy as manager of intellectual property development. He’ll oversee adaptations of Devil’s Due properties as films, TV shows and videogames:

Devil’s Due is upping its presence in town just as other indie comicbook publishers, such as Dark Horse, IDW, Top Cow, Image and Tokyopop, are emerging from the shadows of Marvel and DC and setting up deals for their books.

In addition to “Drafted,” publisher has film versions of more horror-themed actioners “Lost Squad” and “Hack/Slash” set up at Rogue Pictures, with Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter producing.

Devil’s Due also recently announced a deal with Uclick to make several of its titles, including “Xombie,” “Breakdown,” “Mercy Sparx” and “Misplaced,” available for AT&T, Verizon and Sprint mobile phone customers this fall through the GoComics Mobile Comic Book Reader.

“For a while we’ve been looking to open a satellite office in Los Angeles in order to fully be able to exploit these opportunities, and Steve is the perfect person to spearhead this expansion,” Blaylock said. “It’s a huge benefit for us to have someone with one leg in the comicbook industry and one leg in the film and TV industry helping to bring our comics from page to screen.”

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