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‘I Saw the TV Glow’ Director to Adapt ‘Black Hole’ Comic as Netflix Series
Netflix has emerged victorious in a competitive bidding situation for Black Hole, a series adaptation of Charles Burns’ bestselling comic, Deadline reports.
New Regency will be the co-studio alongside the streamer, which has given the show a straight-to-series order.
“Black Hole” is created and written by filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow), who is also set to direct.
In the series, there’s an old myth that haunts the seemingly perfect small town of Roosevelt: if you have sex too young, you’ll contract the “bug,” a virus that literally turns you into a “monster” from your worst nightmares.
Absurd, right? That’s what Chris always assumed, until, after one reckless night at the beginning of senior year, she finds herself infected. Now she’ll be cast out to the woods to live with the other infected, where a chilling, new threat emerges: a serial killer who’s hunting them one-by-one.
Burns will executive produce alongside Plan B, Erin Levy, Yariv Milchan, Arnon Milchan, Natalie Lehmann, and Laura Delahaye.
Black Holy was published as a 12-issue limited series between 1995 and 2004 before being collected as a graphic novel. David Fincher, Alexandre Aja, and Neil Gaiman are among the creatives who have been attached to a live action adaptation over the years.
Schoenbrun has a big year ahead: their third film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, is due out from Mubi, while their debut novel, Public Access Afterworld, will be published by Hogarth.
Director Ishirō Honda (Godzilla) brought The Human Vapor to the screen for Toho back in 1960, and the classic tokusatsu film is getting a brand new series reboot from Netflix.
All eight episodes of “Human Vapor” will premiere July 2 on Netflix.
Watch the brand new official trailer below.
Here’s the full official synopsis: “Kenji Okamoto (Shun Oguri), a detective on suspension, is recruited to hunt down the criminal behind a series of unprecedented murders. It all starts when a college professor suddenly swells and explodes on live television.
“Before anyone can process this bizarre event, a man calling himself the Human Vapor (UTA) announces that he will perform a series of murders, sending society into a great panic.
“Kenji and reporter Kyoko (Yu Aoi) devote themselves to uncovering the truth and catching the culprit, who seems to be mocking the authorities as they struggle to close in on him. With each new killing, he corrodes society with a formless, pervasive fear.”
“A legendary Toho film is rebooted with a brand-new story,” Netflix previews. “VFX by the Academy Award-winning team Shirogumi that amazed the world with its work on Godzilla Minus One is combined with an extraordinary sense of scale, represented by grand car chases. A visual experience of a new dimension that far surpasses past Japanese drama series.”
Shun Oguri, Yu Aoi, Suzu Hirose, Kento Hayashi, and Yutaka Takenouchi star.
Shinzo Katayama directed “Human Vapor,” written by Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan) and Ryu Yong-jae. This marks the first collaboration between Netflix and Toho Studios.
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