Tales From the Darkside Reboot to Be an Hour Long; Pilot Ordered
A quick update on The CW’s proposed reboot of the classic series “Tales From the Darkside” as Deadline is reporting that while The CW originally envisioned it as a half-hour series for this coming summer, the project, from producers Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci and writer Joe Hill, is now being piloted as an hourlong project for next season.
Hill wrote the adaptation of George A. Romero’s half-hour anthology series. Hill, Kurtzman, and Orci executive produce with Heather Kadin, Mitch Galin, and Jerry Golod for CBS TV Studios, where Kurtzman and Orci’s K/O Paper Products is based. The project reunites Kurtzman and Orci with Hill, son of horror master Stephen King. The three previously worked together on “Locke & Key,” a drama adaptation of Hill’s graphic novel, which went to pilot at Fox.
“Tales From the Darkside,” which is in the vein of other genre anthology series like “Amazing Stories,” “The Twilight Zone,” “The Outer Limits,” and “Tales From The Crypt,” had a four-year syndicated run and is owned by CBS TV Studios sibling CBS TV Distribution.
Last we heard the reboot was originally slated to be known simply as “Darkside”; it’s not clear yet if that is still the case. Stay tuned.
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