HBO Developing Hellraiser TV Series With Halloween Reboot Director

Pinhead lives! HBO is reportedly developing a new TV series based on Clive Barker's Hellraiser, which has David Gordon Green (2018's Halloween) lined up to direct several early episodes. This marks the horror franchise's first stab at the small screen, although there were efforts made to launch a TV series as far back as 2012. According to Deadline, Green will direct the pilot and several more early episodes of the Hellraiser series, which will be scripted by vets Mark Verheiden (Battlestar Galactica, Daredevil) and Michael Dougherty (Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Trick r’ Treat). "The idea is to create an elevated continuation and expansion of the well-established Hellraiser mythology. It is by no means a remake, but rather assumes the past mythology to be a given," Deadline reports. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-best-horror-movies-on-netflix&captions=true"] The series will remain centered on the demonic Cenobites and their leader, Pinhead. The Cenobites, as the site reminds us, "come from hell to harvest human souls and keep balance between good and evil." Deadline says there is a separate, unrelated Hellraiser movie still in development at Spyglass. The Hellraiser franchise, inspired by Barker's novella The Hellbound Heart, spans 10 feature films as well as many books, comics, and even an unreleased video game. [ignvideo width=610 height=374 url=https://ift.tt/2yKRkIW] The first Hellraiser movie debuted back in 1987 while the most recent feature entry was 2018's Hellraiser: Judgment. HBO's Hellraiser series counts Danny McBride and Roy Lee among its many executive producers.

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