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“Sorority House Massacre”: Norman Reedus Producing a TV Series Adaptation of the ’80s Slasher
Well that’s a headline I never expected to write.
Deadline is reporting today that the 1986 slasher Sorority House Massacre, which spawned two sequels, is now getting a television series, with Norman Reedus producing!
The “Walking Dead” star is producing the series under his new bigbaldhead banner, joining forces with Shout! Studios and Robert Schwartzman’s Utopia Originals.
“I could not be more excited to collaborate with Robert and his incredible team at Utopia on this project,” said Norman Reedus. “Their taste and creative vision are inspiring, and exactly in line with the kind of content that bigbaldhead set out to develop. We are thrilled to revisit this cult classic and create something truly unique.”
Stephen Trask (Hedwig and the Angry Inch) is also involved in the project.
The 1986 original was produced by Roger Corman and written/directed by Carol Frank.
In the slasher movie, “College student Beth and her sorority sisters are stalked by an escaped psychopathic killer who shares a strange telepathic link with her.”
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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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