After the cancellation of ‘1899’, Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese are developing an adaptation of the comic ‘There is something killing children’ for Netflix
Netflix left us with the intrigue of the unsolved mysteries of ‘1899’ after canceling the series after a first season that left all the questions in the air, and it seems that We will never know what happened to the Kerberos passengers..
But its creators Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, those responsible for the intricate temporal paradox that ‘Dark’ entailed, already have a new project to add to the Netflix series catalog. The Germans are developing an adaptation of ‘There is something killing children’a fantastic and dark comic that fits quite well with the tone of the showrunners.
With echoes of ‘Dark’, ‘Something Is Killing The Children’ is set in a small town plagued by monsters that eat children and reveals a mysterious young woman who has special powers to combat the creatures.
The official synopsis reads like this: “When the children of Archer’s Peak begin to disappear, hopelessness sets in. Most of the children never return, but those that do have terrible stories, impossible experiences of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a stranger, a mysterious girl who claims to see what they can see. Her name is Erica Slaughter. Profession: Kill Monsters.”
Created by James Tynion and Werthel Dell’Edera‘There’s something killing children’ is one of the most successful comics in recent years and the first issue of its spin-off ‘The Slaughter House‘ became the second best-selling comic of recent years outside of Marvel and DC.
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