It producer Roy Lee and Ready Player One producer Dan Farah are set to bring Hellraiser to the small screen for the first time, reports Deadline tonight. “They have joined forces with producer/rights holders Lawrence Kuppin, David Salzman and Eric Gardner, who have controlled those TV rights since New World was sold in 1989.”
“The intention is to use the mythology established in the movie franchise and the Clive Barker novella The Hellbound Heart as a launch pad for a new series that could be anthology, or a more traditional narrative.”
“The producers will first set a writer-showrunner before setting it at a network or streamer,” Deadline notes.
The first movie told the story of a man who inadvertently opens a portal to hell when he tinkers with a strange puzzle box he bought during a trip abroad. The act unleashes gruesome beings called Cenobites, creatures from Hell. The scariest is Pinhead, who became the disturbing face of Hellraiser.
As you may recall, two months ago news broke that David S. Goyer (Blade II, Batman Begins, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) would be writing “a loyal, evolved reimagining” of the original Hellraiser as a feature film. These are separate endeavors, much like that of Child’s Play. It’s unclear if either project will be canonized or bring upon the return of Doug Bradley as Pinhead, but either way, it’s exciting to see just how hot horror has become over the past few years. Hellraiser was once considered a brand too difficult to resurrect.
