‘Trick ‘r Treat’ Director Michael Dougherty Helming Series Adaptation Of Clive Barker’s ‘Nightbreed’

A television series adaptation of Clive Barker’s horror/fantasy flick Nightbreed has been in the works for some time. Now there finally seems to be movement on the project. While speaking with ComingSoon, Barker himself let it be known that Trick ‘r Treat and Godzilla: King of the Monsters filmmaker Michael Dougherty will be directing the show.

“It’s exciting, after 30 years, to go back to these characters and find out who’s still speaking to me, who wants their story told,” Barker told the site. “My tongue isn’t in my cheek when I say that as when I start a piece, it’s listening. The writing is a piece of listening, I’ve always said I was a journalist and what I was reporting on was the space between my ears.”

Barker is still developing the “Bible” for the show, the site points out.

As for the original Nightbreed, Barker wrote and directed it himself, adapting it from his own novel Cabal. Unfortunately, the film was considered a box office failure when it released back in 1990.

Interestingly, Dougherty is also currently working on HBO’s series adaptation of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser.

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