EXCLUSIVE: It’s a family affair for Pamela Anderson, who has launched the production company And-Her-Sons Productions alongside sons Brandon Thomas Lee and Dylan Jagger Lee. A TV series from UCP and Dark Horse Entertainment, based on Dark Horse Comics’ 90s comic book character, Barb Wire, is currently in development and will serve as And-Her-Sons Productions’ first project, sources tell Deadline.
Anderson famously starred in the movie adaptation from Universal Pictures in 1996, playing the titular character, created by Chris Warner. The action flick is less than a year shy of its 30th anniversary.
Barb Wire, the drama series adaptation, follows nail-hard, tough Barbara Kopetski, aka Barb Wire, the baddest bounty hunter on the mean streets of Steel Harbor. Armed with her arsenal, motorcycle, and an attitude that just won’t quit, Barb is willing to right any wrong in Steel Harbor – if the price is right.
Anderson will not be reprising the role on the small screen, and it’s too early to say if she would appear in any capacity if the project goes to series, sources say. We understand the TV series would have “a different feel” than that film.
Barb Wire first appeared in “Comics’ Greatest World: Steel Harbor” in 1993, followed by nine issues from 1994 to 1995, then a four-episode mini-series a year later, as well as an 8-issue reboot in 2015. A new, comprehensive volume collecting every mainline Barb Wire comic and a bounty of bonus material, “The Barb Wire Compendium,” is coming in February 2026.
Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg will executive produce for Dark Horse Entertainment, with Anderson and Brandon Thomas Lee exec producing for And-Her-Sons Productions.
BARB WIRE, Pamela Anderson Lee, 1996
Anderson most recently starred in The Last Showgirl, executive produced by Brandon Thomas Lee, for which she received critical acclaim, as well as SAG and Golden Globe nominations. Additionally, she starred in Paramount’s The Naked Gun, which has just crossed the $100 million mark at the box office. She has completed production on Rosebush Pruning for director Karim Aïnouz and Place to Be for director Kornél Mundruczó.
Next up, Anderson will star in Love is Not the Answer for director Michael Cera, followed by Queen of the Falls for directors Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia, as well as Alma for director Sally Potter. She recently received the prestigious Talent Award at the Deauville Film Festival. She is repped by CAA and Hansen Jacobson.
Through the family’s new shingle, they will produce projects that reinforce and celebrate Anderson’s legacy and that of other aspirational female figures, both fictional and non-fictional.
Dark Horse Comics was founded by Mike Richardson in 1986. The publisher spun off Dark Horse Entertainment, founded in 1989, under the name Dark Horse Productions. The company’s first major films included The Mask (1994), Timecop (1994) and Barb Wire (1996).
UCP and Dark Horse Entertainment’s recent collaborations include the Emmy Award-nominated The Umbrella Academy for Netflix, and Syfy’s Alan Tudek-led series Resident Alien.
