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HBO Max Orders ‘The Shining’-Based Series “Overlook” from J.J. Abrams and Bad Robot
There have been talks over the years about projects that would tell the story of the fictional Overlook Hotel from The Shining, including a prequel film that was at one point going to be directed by Mark Romanek, and the latest is an HBO Max series that was just announced today by Variety. HBO Max and J.J. Abrams‘ Bad Robot are teaming on a series titled “Overlook.”
The site notes that HBO Max has handed out a production commitment to the one-hour drama, described as “a horror-thriller that explores the untold stories of the Overlook Hotel.”
Abrams will produce “Overlook” alongside Ben Stephenson and Rachel Rusch Rich. Abrams has recently been playing around in Stephen King’s world through Hulu’s “Castle Rock.”
“Overlook” hails from Warner Brothers Television and it comes in the direct wake of last year’s Mike Flanagan-directed sequel to The Shining, Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep.
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson is reteaming with Starz on a TV series adaptation of supernatural crime graphic novel Bone Parish, Deadline reports.
Diane Ademu-John (Dune: Prophecy) and Declan de Barra (The Witcher: Blood Origin) will co-showrun the project and executive produce.
The show’s logline reads: “In the dark underworld of New Orleans, the Winters family builds an empire around a powerful new drug—crafted from the ashes of the dead—that grants users vivid, haunting visions of the past. But as demand surges, rival factions, deadly secrets, and supernatural forces close in, pulling them deeper into a violent and inescapable nightmare of crime, horror, and family legacy.”
The graphic novel by writer Cullen Bunn (The Empty Man) and artist Jonas Scharf was published by BOOM! Studios; the publisher’s Stephen Christy and Mette Norkjaer will executive produce.
“I’ve always been drawn to stories that break the mold, and Bone Parish does exactly that. It takes crime, family, and power, and mixes it with something dark and supernatural, in a way that feels fresh. Exploring what happens when the world of the living gets mixed up with the world of the dead, this story has incredible depth, and we’re building a series that’s going to keep audiences locked in from the first episode,” Jackson said in a statement.
“We love going on new journeys with Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson, and this one is unlike anything we’ve done before: a world steeped in horror and the supernatural, but still grounded in the family and crime storytelling our audience can’t get enough of. It’s a wild, bold swing, and exactly the kind of risk we want to be taking,” said Kathryn Busby, President, Original Programming at Starz.
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