Horror creators Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy (The Haunting Of Hill House, Midnight Mass) have signed an unique multiyear general collection cope with Amazon Studios via their manufacturing firm, Intrepid Pictures. Under the brand new deal, the duo will develop and produce initiatives which is able to now solely stream on Prime Video.
Flanagan and Macy made names for themselves via their Haunting anthology collection: The Haunting of Hill House, a season primarily based on Shirley Jackson’s novel of the identical title, and The Haunting of Bly Manor, a season primarily based on the horror novella The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. Flanagan additionally created and directed the Netflix horror mini-series Midnight Mass (2021), in addition to the teenager horror collection The Midnight Club and The Fall of the House of Usher, the latter of which hits Netflix subsequent yr.
“Mike and Trevor are remarkable at telling immersive, suspenseful stories that masterfully keep audiences engaged from start to finish,” stated Vernon Sanders, head of world tv at Amazon Studios (by way of Deadline). “We are excited to welcome them to Amazon Studios and are looking forward to our global customers experiencing their genre-bending creativity.”
Flanagan and Macy gave their very own assertion about their pleasure about becoming a member of Amazon and praised the studio. “Their commitment to engaging in groundbreaking series and content aligns with the ethos of what we have built at Intrepid,” they stated. “We are looking forward to working with the entire Amazon team as we bring our brand of genre productions to the service and audiences around the globe.”
In July 2021, it was introduced that Flanagan would adapt the comedian guide collection Something Is Killing the Children for Netflix, however as was confirmed this previous October, the mission isn’t any extra. The Fall of the House of Usher will probably be an eight-episode restricted collection for Netflix that will probably be primarily based on the brief story of the identical title and different works by Edgar Allan Poe. Flanagan will direct 4 episodes of the collection, with the opposite 4 being helmed by his longtime cinematographer Michael Fimognari.
