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IDW Turning Upcoming Thriller Novel ‘Awakened’ into a TV Series

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The novel may not even be coming out until Summer 2018, but Deadline reports today that IDW Entertainment has already optioned sci-fi thriller Awakened for a TV series adaptation.

It was penned by “Impractical Jokers” star James Murray, along with Darren Wearmouth.

The book centers around a long-awaited New York subway line that connects the city with communities across the Hudson River. When the train finally pulls in to the station on its inaugural run, all the cars are empty and their interiors are drenched in blood. Deadly methane fills the tunnels, the structure floods,and another terrifying danger awaits – the thing that killed all those people on the train.

IDW will develop “Awakened” with the goal of securing a straight-to-series commitment. Murray will executive produce, along with IDW Media Holdings CEO Ted Adams and IDW Entertainment President David Ozer.

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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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