John Carpenter Developing TALES FOR A HALLOWEEN NIGHT For The SyFy Channel
Horror icon and legendary director John Carpenter has signed an overall development deal with Universal Cable Productions. Entertainment Weekly reports that under the deal, Carpenter will executive produce scripted programming with UCP, and for other networks and streaming services.
UCP and Carpenter are already developing the anthology series Tales for a Halloween Night for The Syfy Channel, which is based on Carpenter’s graphic novel. No writer has been chosen yet but their search is currently underway. This is the descriptionf romn the graphic novel:
Carpenter brings together storytellers from the worlds of movies, novels and comics for a collection of tales featuring graveyards, sunken ships, creepy crawlers and ghosts to haunt your dreams at night!
UCP and Carpenter are also developing Nightside, a series about the hidden netherworld of London which is based on the novels by Simon R. Green.
Carpenter said he is very excited about working in Television:
“I’m excited to partner with Universal Cable Productions on this venture into television. On one hand it’s a return home to Universal where I have fond memories, and on the other, it’s a step into the future with great new creative partners in programming.”
Producing seems to be Carpenter's latest passion since he hasn't directed a feature film since 2010's The Ward. I'm looking forward to all these shows, what do you guys think?
