TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE TV Series Reboot Not Moving Forward at The CW

The CW won't be returning to the place that's "not as brightly lit", as the network has apparently passed on the reboot of George A. Romero's 1980s anthology series, Tales From the Darkside.

According to CarterMatt.com, The CW will not be moving forward with their Tales From the Darkside reboot, with the show's anthology format and lack of a showrunner reportedly two of the reasons why the network passed on the series.

Joe Hill (Horns, NOS4A2, Locke & Key) wrote and executive produced the project and Kris Lemche (Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D., Final Destination 3, Ginger Snaps, eXistenZ, Haven) was playing the lead role, a character named Newman who had knowledge of The Darkside and was going to appear in all (or most) episodes.

As fans will remember, the original Tales From the Darkside was a spinoff of Romero's Creepshow efforts. Like a 1980s cousin of The Twilight Zone, Tales From the Darkside delivered stories brimming with horror, science fiction, and dark humor into living rooms from ’84–’88. An interesting thing to note is that Hill (Stephen King’s son) appeared in the original Creepshow.

Previously, Alex Kurtzman, Bob Orci, and Joe Hill worked together on a TV adaptation of Hill's Locke & Key comic book series at Fox. Though it never moved past the pilot stage at that network, Universal picked it up and is looking to make a feature film with the material, setting Albert Torres (Henry Poole is Here) to write the script. It's currently uncertain if this Tales From the Darkside reboot will find new life elsewhere on the small or big screen. Stay tuned to Daily Dead for further updates.