Morningwood Entertainment

**Morningwood Entertainment** is a film making and TV production company owned by Morningwood Arts. The company is known for the *Earth* Saga, *Earth Legends* Saga and the *Conquest* Saga which are all part of the same universe and each focusing on its own story rather than the larger story that connects the three.

Founded after the release of *Civil War IV: Germany*, the first movie released by the company was *Earth Episode I: Civil War*.

Other film series owned by the company include the *Eclipse Warfare* Saga, *San Andreas: Criminal Underworld* TV series, and a TV series set within the Eclipse Universe.

## Franchises

### Earth film franchise

#### *Earth* Saga

The *Earth* Saga focuses on the Thomas bloodline's war against their sworn enemies, the Loki bloodline spanning centuries.

* *Earth Episode I: Civil War*
* *Earth Episode II: Revival*
* *Earth Episode III: Revenge*
* *Earth Episode IV: Discovery*
* *Earth Episode V: Rise of the Machines*
* *Earth Episode VI: Resurrection*
* *Earth Episode VII: Prophecy*
* *Earth Episode VIII: Second Civil War*
* *Earth Episode IX: Reunion of Alliances*
* *Earth Episode X: Battle for Earth*

#### *Earth Legends* Saga

The *Earth Legends* Saga focuses on the Fall of the Earth in 2089 and explores the origins of its downfall, going back as far as the Atlas Civil War in 2031.

* *Earth Legends: Origins of the Johnsons*
* *Earth Legends: Dawn of the First Machines*
* *Earth Legends: Alignment and Civil War*
* *Earth Legends: Breaking of Governments*

#### *Conquest* Saga

The *Conquest* Saga focuses on the Johnson Brothers during the Atlas Civil War and beyond up to 2058, the end of the Second Johnson War.

* *Conquest: Betrayal*
* *Conquest: Rise of the Droids*
* *Conquest: Return of the Guardians*
* *Conquest: Revenge of the Droids*
* *Conquest: Final Days of War*
* *Conquest: The Final Battle Part I*
* *Conquest: The Final Battle Part II*

### *The JOKERs*

*The JOKERs* is a media franchise created by Jesse Spade and Anakin Nakamura based on Jesse Loon's JOKERs-verse novels. Both Spade and Nakamura have been frequent collaborators on various Morningwood Entertainment projects.

The franchise, according to Jesse Spade, will adapt the JOKERs-verse into various forms of media and the primary focus are films. The first film *Mr. Tachibana*, expected to be released in 2023, will focus on the titular character and is a reboot of 2021's *Mr. Tachibana* film, also directed by Jesse Spade. Other films will focus on The Drifter, Texas, Hisako Nakamura, Ace, Allison Petrov and the Black Armoury.

* *Mr. Tachibana*
* *The Drifter*
* *Agent Texas*
* *Mrs. Nakamura*
* *The Ace of Spades*
* *The Director*
* *Black Armoury: The JOKERs*

## Movies

### *Eclipse Warfare* Saga

The *Eclipse Warfare* Saga is the second film series owned by Morningwood Entertainment, it is based on the video game series of the same name.

* *Eclipse Warfare: Human-Alien Conflict*
* *Eclipse Warfare II: Opposition Rising*
* *Eclipse Warfare III: Martian Affairs*
* *Eclipse Warfare IV: Civil War*
* *Eclipse Warfare Zombies Volume One*

### Roach Chronicles

The Roach Chronicles, starting with *Day of the Departed*, is film series connected to the larger universe of the same name. All films are written and directed by Jett Wills.

* *Day of the Departed*
* *The Greatest Threat of All*
* *Universal Convergence*
* *Balance and Order*

#### Futuristic Series

*Main article: Futuristic Series*
In early 2022, director Jesse Spade announced that he was working on a film set within the Roach Chronicles, and was collaborating with Jett Wills. On June 7th, 2022, Jesse Spade announced that his film was called *Futuristic Redemption*, to be the first in a trilogy. Jett Wills later confirmed on social media that, story-wise, it was following his short-film *Futuristic Paradox*.

*Futuristic Redemption* was released August 4th, 2023. On February 20th 2024, Jesse Spade announced two sequels *Futuristic Midnight* and *Futuristic Twilight*, and that they were going to be shot back-to-back. Their release dates were also announced, *Midnight* releasing on August 8th, 2025 and *Twilight* releasing on April 10th, 2026.

* *Futuristic Redemption*
* *Futuristic Midnight*
* *Futuristic Twilight*

On June 9th, 2024, Jesse Spade and Jett Wills announced that the latter was developing a short-film serving as a prequel tie-in to *Futuristic Midnight* to introduce Abigail-Ignotus for her eventual appearance in the film. The short-film was released on December 20th, 2024.

* *Futuristic Arrival*

On March 15th, 2025, Jesse Spade announced *Futuristic Rivalry*, a six-part film series focusing on three characters from *Midnight* and *Twilight*. Along with this announcement, Jesse Spade also said that the Futuristic Trilogy had been renamed to Futuristic Series, insisting that there were more major works in the series, and also hinted at a possible fourth film following *Twilight*.

At MorningCon 2030, Jesse Spade announced *Futuristic Apocalypse*, a standalone film set within the Futuristic Series. This film, set to be directed, written and produced by Jesse Spade, is about an apocalypse that ravages the world in an unstoppable wave of infestation. It is set to be released in 2032.

### Standalone

The standalone films aren't connected to a movie franchise and are therefore considered standalone.

* *Soul of the Machine: The Movie*
* *Mr. Tachibana*
* *Ilse Kissing & Mr. Tachibana*
* *The Hunt for Rose Squadron*
* *Karneval der Albträume: Anfänge*

## TV shows

### Eclipse Universe

Morningwood Entertainment announced a new TV series set within the Eclipse Universe that would be written, directed and executive produced by series creator Jesse Loon with Morningwood Entertainment broadcasting the TV series.

* *The Forsaken*

### Crossover

In an official announcement, Morningwood Entertainment announced an animated crossover TV series between *Star Wars* and the RWBYverse.

* *Ascension of an Apprentice*