HACK/SLASH Horror Comic Now in Development as a TV Series

A movie adaptation of the horror comic Hack/Slash has been in the works for more than five years now, but after a few fits and starts, it never quite made its way to the finish line. Now THR reports that the comic is going to be adapted into a TV series instead, with the aim to make "a dark and gritty show in The Walking Dead mold."

Tim Seeley's comic centers on Cassie Hack, the epitome of a horror movie "final girl" who survived a deadly attack. But rather than trying to get back to a normal life, Cassie becomes a killer of killers, hunting down "slashers" similar to Michael Myers and Jason Voorhees alongside her hulking, enigmatic partner, a knife-wielding guy named Vlad. Over the years, the characters have crossed paths with Child's Play's Chucky, the Reanimator, and Evil Dead's Ash.

Relativity Media recently declared bankruptcy, but apparently the company — or certain divisions of it, anyway — are being sold off to hedge funds, including Relativity TV, where this project landed. Skip Woods, the writer of awful movies like Hitman, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and the putrid A Good Day to Die Hard, will write the script and executive produce. It sounds like a cool concept, but with Woods involved, I have absolutely no faith in this show.

Fans of the comic: are you glad this property is coming to TV instead of being adapted into a movie? If you had your choice, who would you cast as Cassie and Vlad?