John Carpenter Horror Anthology Series Coming to Syfy
by EG
Add horror legend John Carpenter to the list of prolific directors headed for the small screen.
Carpenter has signed an overall deal with Universal Cable Productions and is teaming with Syfy to develop scripted anthology Tales for a Halloween Night. Carpenter and UCP are also developing a take on Simon R. Green's Nightside. Under the overall deal, Carpenter and his Storm King Productions partner, Sandy King, will exec produce scripted programming for NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment's cable-focused studio, outside networks and streaming services.
Tales is based on Carpenter's award-winning graphic novel anthology of stories in which he unites storytellers from movies, novels and comics for a collection of horror stories featuring graveyards, sunken ships and ghosts, among others. A search for a writer is currently under way.
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John Carpenter directed the classic horror films Halloween and The Thing.