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Netflix Makes the Call for “Red Rose”, a Smartphone-Based Urban Legend Horror Story
Netflix landed U.S. and international rights to “Red Rose”, the BBC horror drama created by identical twins Michael and Paul Clarkson, who have worked on shows including “The Haunting of Bly Manor” and “See”, Deadline reports.
“The series follows a group of British students as they discover the sinister Red Rose app, which encourages them to undertake a set of increasingly dangerous challenges.
“One of the group, Rochelle Jackson, downloads the app and sets in motion is a series of events that brings together the friends to tackle a seemingly supernatural entity.”
Although set in the British town of Bolton, “Red Rose” is said to take inspiration from genre thrillers like Get Out and Scream.
Originally commissioned by youth channel BBC Three last year, production begins on “Red Rose” from June, with filming taking place around Manchester and Bolton in the UK.
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.
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“I’m the Grim Reaper” – Sam Raimi Teams with ’10 Cloverfield Lane’ Writers on Gory, Funny Webtoon Adaptation
The Wattpad/Webtoons and Grave Weaver-created series “I’m the Grim Reaper” is nearing its 200th episode, and it’s also getting a new TV series adaptation with talented names behind it. Deadline reports that celebrated filmmaker Sam Raimi is teaming up with 10 Cloverfield Lane scribes Josh Campbell & Matt Stuecken on the new series.
The series follows “Scarlet, a young woman who wakes up in the ninth circle of hell with no idea how she got there. Satan offers to send Scarlet back to Earth if she’ll work as his reaper. But it doesn’t take long for Scarlet to realize that Satan’s offer is even worse than she feared.”
The story is said to fit perfectly into “Raimi’s wheelhouse, striking a deft balance between scares, gore and humor.”
Sam Raimi and Zainab Azizi will executive produce the series with Weaver, who’ll also team on the development process. Raimi may be most known for his Spider-Man and Evil Dead movies, but the filmmaker has been busy behind the scenes producing. More recently, Raimi produced this week’s action brawler Boy Kills World and last year’s 65, with Don’t Move on the way.
The “I’m the Grim Reaper” webtoon launched in 2019, delving into the humor and horrors of reaping souls in Hell. That it’s on the cusp of airing its 200th episode means no shortage of story and mythology for Campbell and Stuecken to pull from.
Stay tuned for additional details on this new series as they arrive.
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