Netflix is teaming up with the creators of Dark, Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, to develop a series adaptation of the horror comic Something Is Killing the Children from Boom! Studios.
The story centers on a small town that is plagued by monsters that eat children, and there’s a mysterious young woman who has the special powers to combat the creatures.
When the children of Archer’s Peak begin to go missing, “everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories—impossible stories of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to see what they can see. Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters.”
The comic was co-created by DC Comics writer James Tynion (Batman) and Werther Dell’Edera, and it ended up being one of the most successful original English-language comic series of the last five years, selling more than two million copies worldwide and winning multiple Eisner Awards including the 2022 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series.
Boom! Studios’ Stephen Christy and Ross Richie are executive-producing the Netflix adaptation, with co-creators Tynion and Dell’Edera co-executive producing the series.
Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy had originally jumped on board to co-write a pilot for a potential Netflix series adaptation of the comic book, but those plans fell through.
From what I’ve read of the comic so far, I’ve enjoyed this story. I loved these kinds of stories, and this is sure to make a great series!
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