The creator of Nightmare on Elm Street and the co-creator of 30 Days of Night are joining forces.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, legendary horror director Wes Craven is teaming up with comic scribe Steve Niles to bring The Disciples to television through a new deal with Universal Cable Productions, the company behind Syfy’s Defiance and Being Human.
The Disciples is a new comic book series written by Niles and drawn by Christopher Mitten that merges sci-fi with horror. It is being published in May from Niles’ Black Mask Studios.
In addition to directing iconic horror films like A Nightmare on Elm Street, Scream, The Hills Have Eyes and The Last House on The Left, Craven has also produced a TV series called Nightmare Café that ran for a single season in the ‘90s. Craven is also attached to the Scream TV series for MTV.
Outside of his 30 Days of Night comics, Niles is best known for Criminal Macabre, Simon Dark, Mystery Society and Remains, which was made into a TV movie back in 2011 on Chiller.
The Disciples doesn’t currently have a network attached to it, but given that USP is owned by NBC/Universal, Syfy and USA would probably have the inside track to pick up The Disciples.
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