Hellraiser Being Developed as a TV Series

[Pennywise]

‘Hellraiser’ TV Series Rights Secured By Roy Lee & Dan Farah – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE: It producer Roy Lee and Ready Player One producer Dan Farahhave positioned themselves to bring to the small screen for the first time Hellraiser, the iconic horror franchise anchored by the malevolent straight-out-of-hell villain, Pinhead. Those producers have joined forces with producer-rightsholders Lawrence Kuppin, David Salzman and Eric Gardner, who have controlled those TV rights since New World was sold in 1989.

The intention is to use the mythology established in the movie franchise and the Clive Barker novella The Hellbound Heart as a launch pad for a new series that could be anthology, or a more traditional narrative. The producers are underway with a search for a writer-showrunner, before setting it at a network or streamer, at a time when horror is performing strongly.

The first movie told the story of a man who inadvertently opens a portal to hell when he tinkers with a strange puzzle box he bought during a trip abroad. The act unleashes gruesome beings called Cenobites, creatures from Hell. The scariest is Pinhead, who became the disturbing face of Hellraiser. The franchise has spawned 10 films, a book anthology, comic books, apparel, Halloween costumes, DVDs, and myriad globally licensed products. The first film was featured on Bravo’s 100 Scariest Movie Moments and is perennially cited as one of the scariest movies of all time.

The feature rights are separately controlled by Spyglass, which isn’t part of this configuration.

 

[Zorro]

Is the film remake still being made or It's now just the tv show?

 

[Pennywise]

Is the film remake still being made or It's now just the tv show?

I think both the film and show.

 

[Zorro]

Cool

 

[Sawyer]

I can see this landing on Disney+.

Only place for it, really...

 

[Zorro]

HBO, Starz or maybe even Hulu. I don't see this being a Netflix show

 

[Pennywise]

HBO
Showtime
Starz
FX

Those are networks I can see Hellraiser working in

 

[Sithborg]

Skinemax.

 

[Pennywise]

Skinemax.

 

[Closerframe]

HBO, FX, or Showtime come to mind when I think about a network that would take this project on. Given the level of gore required to truly capture this series, I'd side more with HBO or Showtime, but I also don't see HBO doing a traditional horror show.

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

I hope they don’t cast a Rubix to play The Cube.

 

[EdgarFriendly]

The last decent movie was 4 and the rest after that has been direct to video garbage.

This franchise is such a dead horse! let's adapt other Barker stories for film and TV and do Nightbreed the TV series.

 

[James.B]

 

[Sawyer]

Oh ****

 

[Gothamsknight]

Fantastic news. DGG is the perfect choice for this, as Halloween 2018 is easily the best sequel since the original 1978 classic.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Not bad. Now it has a chance to not be a complete suckfest.

 

[Man in the Suit]

David Gordon Green set to direct the pilot and several more initial episodes

The series will be written by genre and action vets Mark Verheiden (Battlestar Gallactica, Daredevil, Heroes), and Michael Dougherty (X-Men United, Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Trick r’ Treat)

Rough House Pictures partners Green, Danny McBride Jody Hill and Brandon James round out the EP team.

 

[Erik20]

Not bad. Now it has a chance to not be a complete suckfest.

I'm sure it will at least be better than all those crappy straight to dvd sequals...

 

[OutOfBoose]

I'm sure it will at least be better than all those crappy straight to dvd sequals...

Let's hope.

 

[StarLord]

I'm sure it will at least be better than all those crappy straight to dvd sequals...

Time to get Adam Scott and Henry Cavill back!

 

[Erik20]

Time to get Adam Scott and Henry Cavill back!

I didn't know they did those movies
Bloodline isn't that bad, they were still actually trying with that one

 

[StarLord]

I didn't know they did those movies
Bloodline isn't that bad, they were still actually trying with that one

I forgot to mention Katheryn Winnick. She was in the same one as Henry Cavill.

 

[OutOfBoose]

Time to get Adam Scott and Henry Cavill back!

Only if Cavill will play a piece of furniture and won't have any lines.

 

[Closerframe]

This is all amazing news! However, I would prefer a limited series versus an ongoing one.

 

[KaijuDude1992]

I'm always down for more Hellraiser as long as its good. A mini series would make more sense than a ongoing series though, but who knows maybe they got something really cool up there sleeves.