Updated 9:36 p.m.

The Pflugerville City Council approved at its Oct. 22 meeting a performance agreement with BullTiger Productions that will allow the company to lease space in the 130 Commerce Center to be used for development of a graphic novel, movie and video game.

Floyd Akers, executive director for the Pflugerville Community Development Corporation said BullTiger will hire 35 employees as soon as the company moves into its 12,000 square foot space, with plans to expand to 100 employees within the next year. In the future, the company could also expand into a second building at the center. Akers said he projects BullTiger will be able to move into its initial space in November.

In its performance agreement, BullTiger agreed to operate within Pflugerville for at least 5 years, while the PCDC agreed to give the company $25,000 for moving costs and pledged $4,000 for each full-time job BullTiger creates or relocates to Pflugerville, with a cap of $400,000.

"The gaming industry is very strong in the Austin market," Akers said. "We've been actively recruiting gaming companies for a while, and this is the first ones that we've been able to attract."

BullTiger is an Austin-based start up with plans to release a graphic novel in the next year, as well as a fantasy genre movie and video game in Christmas 2015 or 2016, depending on marketing. The game is slated to be a "World of Warcraft-style" Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, or MMORPG, with a movie produced on the same storyline, said Stephen Brent Jenkins BullTiger's creative director/executive producer. The company plans to release game expansions and a new movie every few years, with at least 10 years of production on tap.

Brent said the company is already working on distribution rights, and plans to release its products internationally. After its first movie is released, Jenkins said he expects to allow companies such as Sony and Lionsgate to use BullTiger's movie production studio.

"Media is changing and we're trying to be on the front bubble of that," Jenkins said. "We're trying to change the business model for the industry we're in. We like Pflugerville because it's a great buffer, it's near the executive airport, on [SH] 130 and outside Austin..."

Published 3:05 p.m.

Pflugerville City Council is set to discuss at its Oct. 22 meeting a performance agreement with BullTiger Productions that will allow the company to lease space in the 130 Commerce Center to be used for development of a graphic novel, movie and video game.

Floyd Akers, executive director of the Pflugerville Community Development Corp., said BullTiger will hire 35 employees as soon as the company moves into its 12,000-square-foot space with plans to expand to 100 employees within the next year. In the future, the company could also expand into a second building at the center. Akers said he projects BullTiger will be able to move into its initial space in November.

In its performance agreement, BullTiger agreed to operate within Pflugerville for at least five years, and the PCDC agreed to give the company $25,000 for moving costs and pledged $4,000 for each full-time job BullTiger creates or relocates to Pflugerville, with a cap of $400,000.

"The gaming industry is very strong in the Austin market," Akers said. "We've been actively recruiting gaming companies for a while, and this is the first one that we've been able to attract."

BullTiger is an Austin-based startup with plans to release a graphic novel in the next six months as well as a fantasy genre movie and video game, Akers said.