Alex Kurtzman And Roberto Orci Rebooting ‘Tales From The Darkside’ For The CW
The CW is already home tosuperheroes,vampires,aliens, and, uh,tomorrow people, whatever those are. Now the genre-friendly network is adding a whole bunch of other things that go bump in the night to their lineup.
Star TrekscribesAlex KurtzmanandRoberto Orciare teaming withLocke & KeywriterJoe Hillto rebootTales From the Darkside, the horror anthology series created byGeorge A. Romeroin the ’80s. Hit the jump for more details on their new take.
Though it’s early days still for this project, The CW is hoping to get it on screens sooner rather than later. If all goes well with that script, the show could premiere as early as summer 2014. While fall is the traditional start of the TV season, broadcast networks have been experimenting with year-round programming, and The CW found success with a revival ofWhose Line Is It Anyway?this past summer.
No plot details have been given about the new series, but it’s officially being described (perTHR) as a “reinvention of the horror/fantasy/ thriller anthology series.” As with the original, the rebootedTales From the Darksidewill consist of self-contained half-hour episodes. Romero’s series ran for 90 episodes in the 1980s, followed byTales From the Darkside: The Moviein 1990. One of the film’s segments was based on a short story by Stephen King, who happens to be Hill’s father.
Kurtzman, Orci, and Hill previously collaborated on the long-gestating adaptation of Hill’sLocke & Key. Last we heard of that project, it was being developed as a feature by Universal. Additionally, Kurtzman and Orci successfully launched the spooky TV seriesSleepy Hollowthis TV season, and previously co-createdFringewith J.J. Abrams.
