HBO Developing HELLRAISER Series with David Gordon Green, Mark Verheiden, and Michael Dougherty

HBO has such sights to show you... Last summer it was revealed that a Hellraiser TV series was in development with producers Roy Lee (IT) and Dan Farah (Ready Player One) attached. While the series didn't have a network to call home then, it certainly does now, as Deadline reports that HBO has "made a deal" to create a Hellraiser series.

Deadline also reveals that David Gordon Green (2018's Halloween) will direct "the pilot and several more initial episodes" of the Hellraiser series, with Mark Verheiden (My Name is Bruce, 2019's Swamp Thing series) and Michael Dougherty (Trick ’r Treat, Krampus, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) on board as writers for the new show.

Green, Verheiden, and Dougherty will also executive produce the series alongside Lee, Farah, Lawrence Kuppin, David Salzman, Rough House Pictures' Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and Brandon James, as well as Eric Gardner of Panacea Entertainment.

Rather than a remake, Deadline reports that the series will be an "...elevated continuation and expansion of the well-established Hellraiser mythology..." that kicked off with Clive Barker's novella The Hellbound Heart and was followed by Barker's 1987 film that spawned a franchise that now includes ten films. Cenobite leader Pinhead is expected to be the focal point in the series.

Casting and further plot details have yet to be revealed, but we'll keep Daily Dead readers updated as more news is announced.

Earlier this month, it was also reported that a new Hellraiser movie is in the works at Spyglass Media, with David Bruckner directing from a screenplay by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski. It's important to note that the movie and the TV series are not linked together.