Dark and 1899 creators Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese onboard after Mike Flanagan departed

In 2021, Netflix decided to develop James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera’s ‘Something is Killing the Children’, and then it had Mike Flanagan. However, the creator of Hill House departed after his deal with Netflix ended and he moved to Prime Video. The Fall of the House of Usher was Flanagan’s last production with Netflix. In Feb 2023, Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese were hired to develop the live-action Something is Killing the Children.

Stephen Christy and Ross Richie are continuing to executive-producing the adaptation along with co-creators James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera co-executive producing.

The new duo, Baran bo Odar, and Jantje Friese, are producing and writing the series. Speaking to the Brazilian outlet O Globo, they remarked (translated from Portuguese): “It was a project that won us over in the title. As you can see from the things we do, we love to kill children (laughs). I do not know the reason. It’s about a young woman monster killer who visits small towns looking for creatures that kill children. It’s a world where only children can see the monsters. It has a whole conspiracy behind it, several elements that we like a lot, a little bit of Stephen King, and a lot of metaphors about what these monsters represent. It will be an American series, made in the United States, and with an American cast. It will be our first series made in the USA.”

When the children of Archer’s Peak begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. The few children that return alive have terrible stories — impossible details of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to be the only adult who sees what they can see. Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters. That is all she does, and she bears the cost because it must be done.

So far, Netflix hasn’t released any release dates for the series nor any idea about episode count or cast. But, BOOM! Studios posted an update with the script for episode 2, titled “The Princess and the Warrior,” on Aug 13, 2024, on X. Also, the show won’t be expected onscreen before late ’25 or early ’26.

Boom! Studios also have several upcoming adaptations at Netflix, with Keanu Reeves’ BRZRKR, one among them.

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