Netflix has emerged victorious in a competitive bidding situation for Black Hole, a series adaptation of Charles Burns’ bestselling comic, Deadline reports.
New Regency will be the co-studio alongside the streamer, which has given the show a straight-to-series order.
“Black Hole” is created and written by filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow), who is also set to direct.
In the series, there’s an old myth that haunts the seemingly perfect small town of Roosevelt: if you have sex too young, you’ll contract the “bug,” a virus that literally turns you into a “monster” from your worst nightmares.
Absurd, right? That’s what Chris always assumed, until, after one reckless night at the beginning of senior year, she finds herself infected. Now she’ll be cast out to the woods to live with the other infected, where a chilling, new threat emerges: a serial killer who’s hunting them one-by-one.
Burns will executive produce alongside Plan B, Erin Levy, Yariv Milchan, Arnon Milchan, Natalie Lehmann, and Laura Delahaye.
Black Holy was published as a 12-issue limited series between 1995 and 2004 before being collected as a graphic novel. David Fincher, Alexandre Aja, and Neil Gaiman are among the creatives who have been attached to a live action adaptation over the years.
Schoenbrun has a big year ahead: their third film, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, is due out from Mubi, while their debut novel, Public Access Afterworld, will be published by Hogarth.
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