Entertainment One’s TV division is unveiling the first fruits from its first look deal with IDW Entertainment.

eOne Television and the TV arm of the comic publisher are to coproduce V-Wars as a direct-to-series project, with Tim Schlattmann to write the pilot.

V-Wars is based on the IDW Publishing property by author Jonathan Maberry, and is set in a world transformed by a catastrophic environmental event that releases a millennial-old virus that once triggered, affects individuals differently depending on their DNA.

Schlattmann will executive produce along with Ted Adams, David Ozer, John Morayniss, Benedict Carver, David Alpert and Rick Jacobs.

eOne in April unveiled its first look deal with comic book producer IDW Entertainment to jointly develop, finance and produce TV series based on around 300 original comic book properties.

Both companies will fund development of each project with an eye to securing direct-to-series commitments by networks and cable TV channels.

Circle of Confusion, which partnered with IDW Entertainment in 2013, will oversee the creative development and production of all projects.

Circle of Confusion executive produces the AMC series The Walking Dead, with eOne handling international distribution.

IDW Entertainment and eOne will jointly represent the U.S. network sales, and eOne will handle international distribution of programming.