Mike Flanagan has one less Netflix series on his plate.
The creator of “Haunting of Hill House” told TheWrap that he and Intrepid Pictures are no longer involved in the comic book adaptation of “Something Is Killing the Children.”
“With that one, we were a good way through our process, but Netflix decided to go in a different direction with that asset,” Flanagan said. “So we’re no longer involved in ‘Something Is Killing the Children.’ We love James [Tynion IV]We love the source material, and we wish the best of luck to whoever ends up with it, but we’re not going to go ahead with it.”
Flanagan and his producing partner Trevor Massey were set to co-write and executive produce an adaptation of the comic for James Tynion IV in 2021. The comic book series launched in 2019 to immense success, and tells the story of a town in which monsters feast on children.
The knowledgeable person tells TheWrap that the project at Netflix is still in development and not dead.
“That’s a crapshoot,” Flanagan said in response to the news, “but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have more Netflix series in the works.”
The “Doctor Sleep” filmmaker launched his latest show Friday, “The Midnight Club,” an adaptation of the Christopher Pike novel of the same name that brings Flanagan into the realm of YA horror for the first time. “The Midnight Club” also marks Flanagan’s first show that is not a limited series, and while a second season has yet to be ordered, he said he hopes there is room for Pike’s stories to continue. .
She is also in post-production on the Netflix limited series adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher.”
Netflix had no comment.
