Famed genre writer Eric Heisserer, who penned The Thing, Nightmare on Elm Street, Final Destination 5, Lights Out and the Oscar-nominated Arrival, has come on board to executive produce the supernatural series “The Scrawl” — the first TV project from the newly-launched Penchant Entertainment.
“The Scrawl” is a one-hour drama series written by “Heroes Reborn” scribe Zach Craley, exploring the aftermath of collective negativity giving birth to an actual monster. The project is based on the South Korean movie “Killer Toon.”
Erin Eggers, Chase Hudson and Matthew Porter have launched Penchant with plans for two to three feature films annually for multiple platforms, and two to four scripted TV projects for network and non-traditional outlets, Variety adds.
Heisserer won the Writers Guild of America award on Sunday for writing Arrival in the best adapted script category and is nominated for an Oscar in the same category.
Penchant developed “The Scrawl” and will executive produce along with South Korea’s CJ Entertainment, which released “Killer Toon.”