It was announced last summer that Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy would be co-writing a pilot for a potential Netflix series adaptation of James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera’s comic book series Something Is Killing the Children, but it looks like those plans have changed. In a new chat with The Wrap this week, Flanagan […]
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Mike Flanagan’s latest Netflix series, The Midnight Club is an adaptation of not just one Christopher Pike novel, but many of the prolific 80s and 90s YA author’s works. In the past, there has been only one adaptation: a 1996 made-for-TV movie of Fall Into Darkness starring Tatyana Ali and Jonathan Brandis (available for free […]
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It makes sense why Christopher Pike’s 1994 novel, The Midnight Club, would appeal to Mike Flanagan. Its esoteric ruminations on death and storytelling feel like a natural extension of themes explored in Midnight Mass, only for a younger audience in mind. Series creators Flanagan and Leah Fong repurpose some of Pike’s prolific catalog, using The Midnight Club as a centerpiece, to explore what it […]
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This first full week of October is a huge week for new horror, with 13 brand new horror movies arriving in theaters and on streaming. And the small screen is loaded with fresh horror, too. One of horror’s most beloved slasher franchise icons makes his grand return to the small screen, for starters, while three […]
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Netflix and Mike Flanagan (“The Haunting of Hill House,” “Midnight Mass”) introduce “The Midnight Club” this Halloween, a series adaptation of Christopher Pike‘s 1994 novel that will also adapt other Pike stories. “The Midnight Club” is set to premiere on October 7, and today we have the official trailer! In the series, “At a manor with a mysterious history, the […]
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It’s been five years since It hit theaters and conquered the box office, becoming the highest grossing horror film of all time and tipping off a new Stephen King renaissance across Hollywood. Today? The scene is dire: Blumhouse’s Firestarter failed to ignite, while ‘Salem’s Lot has completely been vanquished from Warner Bros’ schedule. So, what […]
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While you wait for Netflix and Mike Flanagan’s “The Midnight Club” series, Christopher Pike‘s original book from 1994 is getting a Netflix tie-in re-release, we’ve learned this morning. The novel follows a group of five terminally ill teenagers whose midnight stories become their reality. The new edition arrives September 20, 2022 from Simon & Schuster. […]
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Netflix and Mike Flanagan (“The Haunting of Hill House,” “Midnight Mass”) introduce “The Midnight Club” this Halloween, a series adaptation of Christopher Pike‘s 1994 novel that will also adapt other Pike stories. “The Midnight Club” is set to premiere on October 7, and Empire Online has just shared a new image along with fresh insights from Flanagan. “One […]
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Up next from Netflix and Mike Flanagan (“The Haunting of Hill House,” “Midnight Mass”) is “The Midnight Club,” a series adaptation of Christopher Pike‘s 1994 novel that will also adapt other Pike stories. “The Midnight Club” is set to premiere on October 7, and a preview piece that just ran on Vanity Fair this morning is loaded with new insights […]
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Up next from Netflix and Mike Flanagan (“The Haunting of Hill House,” “Midnight Mass”) is “The Midnight Club,” a series adaptation of Christopher Pike‘s 1994 novel that will also adapt other Pike stories. Netflix has provided us with a first look at the upcoming series out of “Geeked Week” this afternoon, introducing the characters that […]
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In the wake of Frank Langella being removed from “The Fall of the House of Usher” over misconduct allegations, Deadline reports that a new Roderick Usher has been found. Bruce Greenwood (Doctor Sleep) will now be playing Roderick Usher in the horror series from Netflix and Mike Flanagan, based on the tales of Edgar Allan […]
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The Edgar Allan Poe-based “The Fall of the House of Usher” is the next series from Netflix and Mike Flanagan, with production currently underway. Frank Langella (Dracula, Masters of the Universe) had been set to star as pivotal character Roderick Usher, but Deadline reports that a misconduct investigation has led to Langella being removed from […]
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Edgar Allan Poe‘s classic tales come to Netflix in “The Fall of the House of Usher,” the latest project for the streamer from Mike Flanagan (“Hill House,” “Bly Manor,” “Midnight Mass”). Star Kate Siegel, who was just seen last year in Flanagan’s “Midnight Mass,” has revealed on Twitter this week that production on the series […]
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The horror slate is already looking stacked in 2022 for both movies and video games, but the genre content doesn’t stop there. The 2022 TV series lineup ensures another insanely busy year for the genre. Returning shows like “Stranger Things” and the final season of “The Walking Dead” will make huge waves, and hopefully, we’ll […]
Fresh off the incredible “Midnight Mass,” Netflix will next be reteaming with Mike Flanagan for “The Fall of the House of Usher,” a new series based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe. The limited series from Intrepid Pictures is “based on multiple works from Poe.” 8 episodes have been ordered. Flanagan and Michael Fimognari will each direct four […]