After a quiet few days on the news front – what with the entertainment industry having largely closed down due to the global chaos that’s running rampant – there’s now word that a modern-day horror favourite is heading for the small screen.

Via Deadline, a Hellraiser TV show is in the works. And not just that, but HBO is developing the series!

Of course, HBO is renowned for producing jaw-dropping television, often with a chunky budget attached to it. Off the top of our head, HBO has housed modern-day greats like Game of Thrones, The Sopranos, The Wire, and the ongoing Westworld.

Already, this Hellraiser show has the 2018 Halloween’s David Gordon Green signed on to direct the pilot episode, and Trick r’ Treat’s Michael Dougherty is on writing duties alongside Daredevil’s Mark Verheiden. Green is also executive producing the series with longtime collaborators Jody Hill, Danny McBride, and Brandon James.

From what we’ve heard previously – with the Hellraiser TV rights changing hands earlier this year – this series will maintain the mythology seen in the original Hellraiser films, and will look to build on that established canon.

The news of this Hellraiser TV offering won’t have any ties to or knock-on effect on Spyglass’ previously announced new Hellraiser movie that director David Brucker and writer David S. Goyer are working on.

To date, there has been ten Hellraiser films, although only the first four were released theatrically; the last of those coming in 1996 with Hellraiser: Inferno. The most recent outing for Pinhead and his Cenobites came just last year in the form of the direct-to-video Hellraiser: Judgment. In addition to those features, the franchise has also included further books, comics, and even a video game.

As ever, expect more on all things Hellraiser as they continue to develop.