Rocketship Entertainment and Moulin Rouge® Step Into the Spotlight with New Graphic Novels, Manga, and Games

The multi-year partnership will bring the legendary Paris cabaret into comics, manga, and tabletop gaming with original stories inspired by its iconic world.

Rocketship Entertainment is pulling back the red curtain on a major new creative partnership with Moulin Rouge®, the legendary Parisian cabaret whose name has been tied to spectacle, glamour, performance, and artistic rebellion for more than a century. Under the multi-year agreement, Rocketship will develop and publish original graphic novels, manga, and tabletop games inspired by the world of Moulin Rouge®.

Now, let’s be real — this is not your average “brand partnership” where somebody slaps a logo on a box and calls it a day. Moulin Rouge® has history. It has drama. It has feathers, lights, music, movement, mystery, and enough visual flavor to make any artist’s sketchbook start sweating. Founded in 1889 during the Belle Époque era, the Moulin Rouge became famous as the birthplace of the can-can and grew into a global symbol of Parisian nightlife and creative audacity.

That makes it prime territory for comics, manga, and tabletop gaming. Rocketship Entertainment, known for publishing premium graphic novels and games, now gets to explore that world through new stories, new characters, and new ways for fans to step into the spotlight.

Rocketship CEO and Publisher Tom Akel called Moulin Rouge® more than a venue, describing it as a cultural touchstone filled with glamour, spectacle, beauty, and artistry. And honestly? He is not wrong. This is the kind of setting that practically begs for big emotions, lavish visuals, secret romances, backstage tension, ambitious performers, dangerous rivals, and stories that feel like champagne with a switchblade hidden in the glass.

Eloïse Daire, Director of Development and Partnerships for Moulin Rouge®, also emphasized that storytelling has always been central to the Moulin Rouge experience, with live performances bringing emotion and spectacle to audiences every night. Through Rocketship, that tradition now expands into sequential art and gaming, giving creators a fresh playground to reinterpret the venue’s rich creative universe.

Creative teams for the upcoming graphic novels and manga, along with details for the tabletop games, will be announced later. Rocketship’s releases are distributed worldwide by Simon & Schuster in the book market, Lunar Distribution in the direct market, and PSI for mass market and hobby gaming.

So yeah, fam, comics, manga, tabletop games, and Moulin Rouge®? That is not just a partnership. That is a whole stage waiting for the curtain to rise.

About Rocketship Entertainment

Rocketship Entertainment, LLC, founded in 2019 by Tom Akel and Rob Feldman, is a publishing, consumer product, and entertainment company with multiple Eisner-nominated and Ringo award-winning series including Let’s Play, Felix the Cat, Angry Birds, Lars the Awkward Yeti, Pacific Rim, The Beginning After the End, and Stan Lee’s Backchannel. Rocketship’s partnerships include Legendary Entertainment, Simon & Schuster, Dreamworks, The Gotham Group, Rovio, 451 Media, 11bit studios, Tapas Media, Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc., JABberwocky Literary Agency, Top Cow, and Stan Lee’s Pow! Entertainment. Rocketship connects fans directly to the series they want, working hand-in-glove with creators to create definitive, premium editions of their work and a full array of consumer products. For more information visit rocketshipent.com or follow on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

About Moulin Rouge®

Founded in Paris in 1889, Moulin Rouge is the birthplace of the French Cancan and one of the most recognized symbols of Parisian celebration and entertainment. Its revue has captivated audiences from around the world for generations, combining artistic excellence, creativity and the spirit of festive Paris.

Over the years, the influence of Moulin Rouge has extended far beyond its stage, inspiring artists, filmmakers, writers, designers and creators across many disciplines. Today, the brand continues to foster new creative projects and collaborations that draw on its rich heritage, distinctive visual identity and enduring place in popular culture.

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