Clive Barker Developing Nightbreed TV Series

As always, Clive Barker has a number of projects actively in development. Nightbreed is has been getting his attention recently, with an uncut version of the film screening at various horror conventions recently.

Barker also recently posted an update to his official website, letting fans know that he's looking into developing a Nightbreed TV series. From the sound of it, he's pitching it to a premium cable station, which will prevent the show from having to be edited for content:

“We are also actively in conversation about doing a Nightbreed television series which will be for cable, so it will have a chance to be as sexy or as graphic in terms of the violence as we need it to be. For example, do you have Spartacus over there? Oh my God, it redefines gruesome... I also applaud them for finally realising it’s not a bad thing to see a manhood once in a while – it’s not as if half the world doesn’t see it daily…

...The sensitivity of our culture has sort of caught up with Nightbreed. I don’t wish to be immodest but the general sense is that the movie failed because people didn’t want to associate with the monster and I think our culture has changed – I think our culture is now ready to embrace the ambiguity. You’ve only got to look at Twilight where obviously the monsters are the good guys – I’m not a huge fan but I’m enough of a fan to watch and see monsters being celebrated."