{"id":238625,"date":"2025-10-24T23:05:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T23:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/238625\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T23:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T23:05:07","slug":"something-is-killing-the-children-movie-animated-show-in-the-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/238625\/","title":{"rendered":"Something Is Killing the Children Movie, Animated Show in the Works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tYou can\u2019t keep a good monster hunter down.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Coming on top of a multi-company bidding war, Blumhouse, the prolific horror-centric banner behind Black Phone 2 and the upcoming Five Nights at Freddy\u2019s 2, has snagged the rights to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/something-is-killing-the-children\/\" id=\"auto-tag_something-is-killing-the-children_1\" data-tag=\"something-is-killing-the-children\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Something Is Killing the Children<\/a>, the popular Boom! Studios comic by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/james-tynion-iv\/\" id=\"auto-tag_james-tynion-iv_1\" data-tag=\"james-tynion-iv\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Tynion IV<\/a> and Werther Dell\u2019Edera.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The title has enjoyed Hollywood\u2019s attention since it debuted in 2019 and has previously been in development as a live-action series. Blumhouse plans on actually doing both big-screen and small-screen takes. It will develop the franchise simultaneously as a live-action feature film and as an adult animated television series, with the TV adaptation to be shepherded by Tynion.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>For this pickup, Lionsgate circled the rights while Netflix also chased. The latter\u2019s involvement was somewhat ironic, as SIKTC was previously set up at the streamer as a series. Netflix passed on it at the end of 2024 after opting not to move forward following extensive development with both Mike Flanagan, as well as Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, the showrunners behind thriller series Dark. This time, Netflix\u2019s movie group wanted to take charge, but Blumhouse was more aggressive, loving the idea of a world where children can see monsters, but adults cannot. Part of what spurred intense interest, according to sources, was the success of Weapons, Zach Cregger\u2019s summer horror hit.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Blum will produce the live-action feature for Blumhouse with the company\u2019s Shaun Sutton and Ryan Turek serving as executive producers. Stephen Christy and Tynion will produce the film for Boom! Studios\/Penguin Random House.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Adam Yoelin and Mette Norkjaer will also executive produce. Series co-creator Dell\u2019Edera will act as co-producer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tChildren\u2019s\u00a0first story arc told of a town plagued by monsters that feast on children, with one teen survivor telling tales that no adult believes. Enter: a mysterious young woman named Erica Slaughter. The woman, who occasionally converses with her stuffed animal, isn\u2019t there to mince words, but rather to mince monsters. The stories since have opened up a world that includes a monster-killing cabal and its sinister politics.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cIt\u2019s easy to see why audiences and critics alike have praised\u00a0Something is Killing the Children,\u201d said Blum in a statement. \u201cJames and Werther\u2019s comic book series taps into our most primal fears, luring us into a fascinating world and introducing Erica Slaughter, the ass-kicking hero we all wish we had to fight the monsters that lurk in the dark.\u201d<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>After bowing in September 2019,\u00a0Children hacked its way to becoming the biggest horror comic since The Walking Dead and the biggest indie since Saga. The first issue has sold over 175,000 copies over the course of multiple printings while the comic has sold over 5 million since launch, a rare feat in modern publishing \u2014 not just in the indie comics world but even for Marvel and DC books. A spinoff,\u00a0House of Slaughter, also written by Tynion, is also a top seller. Following BOOM! Studios\u2019 acquisition by Penguin Random House in 2024, the publisher committed to a 100-issue run, ensuring the series\u2019 presence on shelves for the next decade.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The comic is also a critical hit, earning an Eisner nomination for best new series in 2020 with a win for best series in 2022. Tynion won three consecutive Eisners for writing the series, a feat only matched by Alan Moore. SIKTC also won a Harvey Award for book of the year and a Ringo Award for best series. Tynion has since put out several other hit horror comics and launched his own media banner, Tiny Onion. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201cSomething is Killing the Children\u00a0is the comic book that changed my life and career forever,\u201d stated Tynion. \u201cFinding a partner who understood the potential of Erica Slaughter and the world Werther Dell\u2019Edera and I have built was crucial, and we have found that partner in Jason Blum. Nobody understands horror better than Blumhouse, and I can\u2019t wait for the world to see what we all have planned together.\u201d<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>The adult animated series will see Tynion executive producing with Dell\u2019Edera co-executive producing. Christy will executive produce the series for BOOM! with Adam Yoelin and Mette Norkjaer co-executive producing.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Tynion is repped by UTA Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and TroyGould. Boom! is repped by UTA. <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You can\u2019t keep a good monster hunter down.\u00a0Coming on top of a multi-company bidding war, Blumhouse, the prolific&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238626,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,142784,134,142785,344,142786],"class_list":{"0":"post-238625","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-blumhouse-productions","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-james-tynion-iv","13":"tag-movies","14":"tag-something-is-killing-the-children"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238625\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}