HBO's Hellraiser Series: Clive Barker Joins as an Executive Producer

Announced last April, though it's been in development since 2012, HBO is developing a new TV series based on Clive Barker's Hellraiser, which has David Gordon Green (2018's Halloween) attached to direct a few early episodes. Now the news has come in, per Deadline, that horror maestro Clive Barker has joined the series as an executive producer. Barker's novella The Hellbound Heart was the basis for 1987's Hellrasier, which Barker himself wrote and directed. Nine more Hellraiser movies followed. [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-best-horror-movies-on-netflix&captions=true"] Barker was recently involved in the film adaptation of The Books of Blood, based on his short story collections, for Hulu and is also currently working on a Nightbreed series (based on his 1988 novella Cabal), with Michael Dougherty (Trick 'r Treat) directing, for Syfy. Hellraiser will feature David Gordon Green directing the pilot and several more episodes, which will be scripted by vets Mark Verheiden (Battlestar Galactica, Daredevil) and Michael Dougherty (Trick r’ Treat). 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." [widget path="global/article/imagegallery" parameters="albumSlug=the-15-best-horror-tv-shows-of-the-last-10-years&captions=true"] [poilib element="accentDivider"] Matt Fowler is a writer for IGN and a member of the Television Critics Association. Follow him on Twitter at @TheMattFowler and Facebook at Facebook.com/MattBFowler.

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