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Matt Brady of Newsarama chatted with comic book artist Adam Pollina about his upcoming projects, many of which straddle the the line between comic books and movies.

Pollina's first entrée into Hollywood came with Hellhole and Image/Top Cow comic he developed with writer Scott Lobdell, which subsequently got optioned for development as a movie. "That first foray with Scott into Hollywood via a creator-owned project helped pave the way for other projects," Pollina told Brady.

After Hellhole, Pollina sold a concept called Shaolin to Disney. "I pitched it as a comic, they picked it up, and I need to create it as a comic in order to fulfill my contractual obligations," Pollina said. "I have my fingers crossed, because the director, Hype Williams really wants to be attached to the project. The screenplay is greenlit, and Stan Winston is doing all the special effects, and I'm heading up the design team with him."

Pollina teamed again with Lobdell on a pitch called Generation Last which got picked up by USA Films. The pair created a mock comic book to use with the pitch and are now developing a screenplay for the movie.

And most recently, the Hollywood trades announced plans for a movie version of Pollina's upcoming DC Comic Big Daddy Danger.

"I had loved for the longest, longest time, since I was a kid, watching WWF and all the James Bond films. I mixed wrestling with James Bond, and came up with the pro wrestler by day/super spy by night idea," Pollina said, describing the concept. DC Comics editors  Jenette Kahn and Mike Carlin agreed to publish the comic as a creator-owned series under the DC banner.

"After DC picked it up, I went out pitching it all over Hollywood. It was really difficult, but come the last day - literally the last day I was out there, both Mike DeLuca from Dreamworks and Nina Jacobsen from Disney made a play for the property," Pollina recalled. "Because of my pre-existing relationship I had with Disney, they were able to beat out Dreamworks.

The comic creator reports that he's starting on the fifth issue of the series. "It's nine issues, and we're trying to get the first half done before we solicit it."

With all this going on, Pollina still has other irons in the fire. " I'm already in negotiations with a company to do three, four-issue creator-owned series to follow Big Daddy Danger. All of these series already have some interest in Hollywood, and that helps validate the strength of the idea on both fronts. Both comic book and Hollywood people can see that it's not some ultra dark, super esoteric comic book property that only hardcore comic fans would appreciate. They all have mass appeal."

Check out the complete interview for more from Pollina about his various comic book and movie projects.

Walt Disney has picked up the the movie rights to Adam Pollina's upcoming DC Comics publication Big Daddy Danger according to the Hollywood Reporter. The deal is worth mid-six-figures to Pollina who created and writes the comic. Pollina will be writing a treatment for the film, although scripting chores will likely go to a high-profile writer.

The Reporter described Big Daddy Danger as Spy Kids meets True Lies. The concept focuses on a nerdy kid whose father is a wrestler by day and a secret agent by night. The kid's uncle is the lead villain. The comic is due out in the fall.

Pollina has previously sold his adventure concept Shaolin to Disney. Also Hellhole a comic he co-created with Scott Lobdell, is in the works Dimension Films.

Disney President of production Nina Jacobson brought the concept in. Disney Executive Vice President of Production Mark Vahradian and Creative Executive Louanne Brickhouse will oversee the project for the studio.