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Alex Garland Talks 8-Part Sci-fi Series He’s Developing for FX
Ex Machina director Alex Garland returns to the sci-fi space with second feature Annihilation on February 23, and he’s already in development on his next project!
Chatting with Fandango this week, Garland revealed that he’s developing an 8-part science fiction series for FX. It’ll be his first project in a new collaboration with FX.
“The next project, provided it happens — hopefully we’re gonna shoot it later this year — [and it’s] an eight-part television series for FX,” Garland told the site. “It’s a sort of science fiction, but it’s a much more technology based sci fi whereas Annihilation is a more hallucinogenic form of sci fi and more fantastical form of sci fi.”
He continued, “This is slightly more in common with projects I’ve worked on like Ex Machina or Never Let Me Go, which are taking something about our world now — not our world in the future, but our world as it is right now — and then drawing sort of inferences and conclusions from it.”
All eight episodes have been written, and Garland hopes to direct them all.
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Mike Mignola’s ‘Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal’ Getting a TV Series from Echoverse
The novel Grim Death and Bill The Electrocuted Criminal from Thomas E. Sniegoski (The Fallen) and acclaimed artist/author Mike Mignola (Hellboy) was turned into a podcast by Echoverse alongside Cineverse and Bloody Disgusting last year, and Variety reports this week that Grim Death is now being turned into a television series.
Grim Death and Bill The Electrocuted Criminal is a darkly-comedic story about a man named Bentley who, in order to release his parents from purgatory, has agreed to work for Death avenging those who have been killed before their time. Aiding him in his supernatural quest is Bentley’s acerbic butler Pym, head-strong journalist Gwen, and nearly-dead sidekick Bill.
Variety reports that Grim Death is in development as a television series from Echoverse, which will “either be a standard show or one optimized for the short-form vertical viewing market.”
The outlet notes, “The podcast, which debuted on Cineverse’s Bloody Disgusting in 2025, received many accolades, including being a 2026 Podcast Showcase Selection at the Tribeca Festival; winning Best Fiction Podcast and Best Fiction Podcast Writing at the Communicator Awards; taking bronze for Best Drama Podcast at New York Festivals Radio Awards; and more.”
“From the minute we read the novel, we thought Tom and Mike had created something unique and special,” Echoverse president Mark Stern said in a statement shared by Variety. “Seeing the incredible response the audio-drama has received — not just from fans, but from critics — only confirmed that. We couldn’t be more excited to see this richly textured world become a compelling television series, hopefully with this superlative cast reprising their roles.”
Mike Mignola and Thomas E. Sniegoski will executive produce the upcoming TV series.