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BBC Three Orders Up Horror Series “Red Rose” About a Smartphone-Based Urban Legend

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Michael and Paul Clarkson (“Wheel of Time,” “The Haunting of Hill House”) have been set to write an eight-part horror series for BBC Three, Deadline reports today. It’s titled “Red Rose,” set to “explore the precarious relationship between teenagers and their online lives, the seductive power of what is not real versus what is.”

“The series follows a disparate group of teenagers, adrift in the long hot summer following GCSEs, hanging out on the Bolton moors with little sense of direction or purpose now that school is over. Rumours circulate of the Red Rose app, an urban legend that blooms on the smartphones of teenagers, encouraging them to undertake a series of challenges increasingly dangerous in its demands. On the fringes of her group of friends, Rochelle Jackson downloads the mysterious app, naively inviting darkness into her life. What she sets in motion is a series of events that take the town by storm, and bring the friends together to battle the unseen forces of a seemingly supernatural entity.”

“We’re thrilled that our first show will be with the BBC. We’ve been working in LA for a while now, so the opportunity to return to the UK for our own show is incredible. Red Rose is a love letter to our hometown and childhood,” said Michael and Paul Clarkson. “We get to explore what challenges face the bright but opportunity starved teenagers of today. Working on the Haunting of Hill House has prepared us well to undertake this genre driven challenge. We can’t think of a better home for it than the BBC.”

The series comes from The Enfield Haunting producer Eleven Film and eOne. Pictured at the top of this article is a still from The Enfield Haunting, a TV mini-series from 2015.

Writer in the horror community since 2008. Editor in Chief of Bloody Disgusting. Owns Eli Roth's prop corpse from Piranha 3D. Has two awesome cats. Still plays with toys.

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‘The Shards’ Official Poster – Ryan Murphy & Bret Easton Ellis Series Premieres in August

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Based on the 2023 prep school thriller novel by American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis, creator Ryan Murphy’s “The Shards is headed to FX and Hulu this Summer.

Look for “The Shards” to premiere on FX and Hulu on August 5 at 6 p.m. PT.

In the meantime, check out the brand new official poster below.

Igby Rigney (The Fall of the House of Usher), Homer Gere (The Agency), Graham Campbell, Kaia Gerber (Shell), Evan Rachel Wood (Westworld), Igby Rigney, Wes Bentley, and Hayes Warner star in the upcoming series “The Shards.”

Set in 1981 Los Angeles, the semi-autobiographical, dark coming-of-age tale follows a 17-year-old Ellis during his final year at the elite Buckley prep school. Upending the character’s world is the arrival of a mysterious new student, Robert Mallory, whose unsettling presence coincides with the activities of a serial killer known as The Trawler.

In the series, Igby Rigney will portray Ellis, and Graham Campbell will play Thom. Homer Gere, son of actor Richard Gere, has been cast as Robert Mallory. Frequent Murphy collaborator Max Winkler (American Horror Story,“ “Grotesquerie) is attached to direct. 

The series is produced by 20th Television in association with Ryan Murphy Television. 

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