Tales From The Crypt Revival Series Greenlit For 10 Episodes By TNT
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TNT and M. Night Shyamalan are ramping up TNT’s new Tales from the Crypt horror block. The network has officially greenlit an initial 10-episode order of the fan-favorite Tales from the Crypt anthology series, based on the original EC Comics.
The anthology series will be at the center of each week’s chilling lineup, guided by a newly-reinvented Crypt Keeper, one of the most popular characters in the Tales from the Crypt universe. TNT’s new Tales from the Crypt horror block is now slated to launch in 2017.
In building the horror block, TNT has ordered a pilot for Time of Death (working title), a seasonal anthology series from IM Global Television. TNT has also begun development on Creatures, from Naegle Ink.
“I’m really thrilled about the way this horror block is coming together with the addition of ‘Time of Death’ and ‘Creatures,'” said Shyamalan. “That such a beloved property like ‘Tales from the Crypt’ is launching our evening makes it an even more unique and exciting opportunity. Across the board, the level of talent has been very inspiring.”
Time of Death is planned as an anthology of season-long horror tales that unfold in real time – each one taking viewers hour-by-hour through a single “long night of hell.” The first season will follow a murderous psychopath who returns to his Midwestern hometown during the annual county fair to exact revenge on a community he believes destroyed his life. The pilot for Time of Death is written by Guy Busick (Watch Over Me) and newcomer R. Christopher Murphy, with Shyamalan and IM Global Television’s Mark Stern and IM Global Founder and CEO
Stuart Ford serving as executive producers. While the first season of Time of Death will pay tribute to the great slasher films of the 1980s, future seasons will be inspired by the traditions of other horror subgenres.
“We couldn’t be more excited to be in business with Night and TNT,” said Stern. “Their enthusiasm for the pilot script has been obvious from the outset, and their ‘Tales from the Crypt’ block is the perfect home.”
Another Tales project now in development is Creatures, a sophisticated psychological thriller that tells the disturbing tale of two former best friends who, at 12 years old, tried to cut out their classmate’s heart as a sacrifice to an internet bogeyman they invented called Mr. Gorgi. Fifteen years later, the two young women have been released from a psychiatric institute into their small town in Alaska, but it’s not long before they start to feel the alluring and terrifying presence of Mr. Gorgi once again. Creatures is a story of deep friendship and dark obsession, where a vivid imagination meets the power of suggestion and the seduction of belief. Creatures is being written by BAFTA Award winner Dominic Mitchell (In the Flesh) and produced by Sue Naegle’s Naegle Ink. Tom Shankland (“House of Cards,” “The Missing”) is attached to direct and serve as executive producer.
In January, TNT announced that it is teaming up with Shyamalan on this new horror block of terror and suspense to be curated by the Oscar-nominated writer-director of The Sixth Sense, Signs and Unbreakable, and executive producer of the hit series “Wayward Pines.” The block will feature both short and long-form storytelling, led by the Tales from the Crypt anthology series, which is executive-produced by Shyamalan, his partner at Blinding Edge Pictures, Ashwin Rajan; Endgame’s James Stern; and Aloris Entertainment’s John Santilli and Dan McKinnon.
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I'll reserve my judgement
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Smdhad
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lmao TNT. what was the last thing you watched on TNT. Basketball dont count
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I hit GOAT before TNT clicked for me.. c'mon son, the original was HBO. they better not ? this up
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Chiller channel at least
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The Crypt Killer had my lil bad ass in line as a kid. ? raised me better then my dad.
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Tnt??? Fail
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Meh...I'll hope for the best.
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Yeah idk about this tnt ? ..the creatures show sounds like it could be dope tho
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Y'all don't ? with Animal Kingdom on TNT?
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? its still some old episodes I can't watch that scared me as a kid
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? its still some old episodes I can't watch that scared me as a kid
The one I remember is about that guy with the snake tattoo on his chest. Then the snake came to life. Watching it now the graphics are corny but it sure did ? the ? out of me when I was younger. -
LOL @ Horror Master M. Night Shyamalan
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We need some ? , So Stars or HBO again...
Hell Netflix too -
The original was wack to me so this probably will be too
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Joker_De_La_Lover wrote: »The original was wack to me so this probably will be too
I will choke you -
I remember staying up late with my pops while he watched it and i was scared as ? of the crypt keeper LOL
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VulcanRaven wrote: »Joker_De_La_Lover wrote: »The original was wack to me so this probably will be too
I will choke you
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A.J. Trillzynski wrote: »I hit GOAT before TNT clicked for me.. c'mon son, the original was HBO. they better not ? this up
Same here, should have been some NetFlix ? to go with Black Mirror.