Zobel to Direct 'Something Is Killing The Children' Film — SkimNews
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- Craig Zobel will direct a feature adaptation of the comic series "Something Is Killing The Children," with Jason Blum and Blumhouse among the producers
- James Tynion IV and Stephen Christy will produce for BOOM! Studios/Penguin Random House alongside Blum, with Werther Dell'Edera as co-producer and Shaun Sutton, Ryan Turek, Adam Yoelin and Mette Norkjaer executive producing
- The comic, first published by BOOM! Studios in 2019, has sold more than 5 million copies worldwide and been translated into over 20 languages across 14 countries — billed as the most successful original horror comic since The Walking Dead
- Blumhouse is simultaneously developing an adult animated series version of Something Is Killing The Children, to be shepherded by Tynion IV, while the live-action film is in development
- Zobel, a DGA Award and three-time Emmy nominee, comes to the project after work on Mare of Easttown, The Penguin, Westworld, American Gods and films including Compliance and The Hunt
Why it matters: With 5 million copies in circulation and the IP already spawning an animated series, this moves one of horror comics' biggest-selling properties to prestige live-action under the genre's most prolific producer — pairing a director known for character-driven HBO work with a franchise built on monster-hunting action.
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