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‘Diablo’ Netflix Series Confirmed, Andrew Cosby “in Final Talks” to Write
Remember that rumour about Hellboy writer Andrew Cosby writing a Netflix series based on Blizzard Entertainment’s Diablo? Turns out that it wasn’t a rumour at all.
Cosby himself has confirmed via Twitter that he’s in the final talks to write and show-run the new animated series after playing coy a few weeks before.
I guess I can confirm I am indeed in final talks to write and show-run the new DIABLO animated series for Activision and Netflix. It's very exciting and I hope to the High Heavens it all works out.
— Andy Cosby (@andycosby) September 20, 2018
And for those afraid that Netflix would tone down the series, Cosby stated a few weeks before the above tweet, that if he were writing a Diablo series (which he is now close to doing), “it would DEFINITELY be Rated R”. Nice.
Hopefully when Blizzcon hits, we get more info on this one.
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One of Clive Barker’s Final Convention Appearances Will Be at New Jersey’s Monster Mania in August
We told you earlier this month that horror legend Clive Barker is leaving the convention scene behind to focus entirely on his writing, with various upcoming projects in the works.
A series of final appearances from Barker will begin at Days of the Dead Chicago this month, and we’ve learned Barker will also be coming to Monster Mania in New Jersey.
Clive Barker will be signing at Monster Mania 59 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, which runs from August 2 – August 4, 2024. Stay tuned for more info from the convention.
Barker’s official statement earlier this month explained, “… it’s time to focus entirely on writing. I’m not stopping public events because I’ve lost delight in meeting you all over the years. I’m as passionate as ever about sharing my imagination with readers and moviegoers around the world. In the very room where I’m writing these words, I have the manuscripts for a very large number of projects (Thirty-one of them), some very close to completion, others still telling themselves. There are some wild projects in this collection of works, whether close to finished or done. There are also stories that you all knew I would be finishing.”
“Abarat IV and V are amongst the books at my feet,” he continued. “So is the Third and final book of The Art and the sequel to The Thief of Always. There are also return visits to characters and mythologies you may have thought I would never return to.
“I hope I am still able to surprise you in the decades ahead.”