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ABC Lands Pilot Deal For Show From ‘Saw’ Duo

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ABC has snagged the tentatively titled “Monstropolis“, a new horror drama that is written by Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, the duo who were behind Saw IV and Saw V. The show, which is being produced by Aaron Kaplan, has landed at ABC after a lengthy bidding war and has been given a big put pilot commitment. A “put pilot” is a show that is guaranteed to air on-network. If it does not air, there is often a rather heft penalty to the studio.

According to Deadline, “Monstropolis” imagines a world where monsters and humans co-exist.

In Monstropolis, monsters are real, living amongst the humans in the city of New Manhattan (aka Monstropolis). But now someone is killing monsters, and it is up to one disgraced detective to stop the killer… or become the next victim.

Melton & Dunstan are currently working on Halloween Returns, with plans for Dunstan to direct. More information on that can be found here.

No other information has been released on “Monstropolis” but we’ll be sure to keep a close eye on this project.

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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August

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We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.

A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.

Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.

Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”

“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.

“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”

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