HBO Makes "Hellraiser" Series Development Deal; David Gordon Green to Direct Early Eps
by Mike Fleming Jr
April 27, 2020


HBO has made a deal to develop a series from the classic horror franchise Hellraiser, with Halloween helmer David Gordon Green set to direct the pilot and several more initial episodes that brings to the small screen for the first time Pinhead, the iconic pincushion-domed villain who heads a group of pasty-faced beings sent from hell, known as the Cenobites.

The producers put together the rights package last June, based on the Hellraiser film franchise hatched from Clive Barker’s novella The Hellbound Heart. The idea is to create an elevated continuation and expansion of the well-established Hellraiser mythology. It is by no means a remake, but rather assumes the past mythology to be a given.




Expect a revisit from Pinhead, the merciless leader of the Cenobites, the formerly humans-turned-demons that live in an extra-dimensional realm and are activated through a puzzle box called the Lament Configuration.

The Cenobites come from hell to harvest human souls and keep balance between good and evil.

https://deadline.com/2020/04/hellraiser-david-gordon-green-directing-hbo-series-halloween-pilot-1202918558/

Clive Barker Joins HBO Series "Hellraiser" Adaptation with David Gordon Green Directing Early Eps
by Mike Fleming Jr
October 30, 2020


Clive Barker has joined the Exec Producing team of HBO’s developing series adaptation of his classic horror franchise, "Hellraiser". Deadline broke in April that Halloween helmer David Gordon Green is on board to direct the initial episodes.

Barker said he was “delighted the Hellraiser mythology is seeing a new life. It’s time the stories went back to their roots. I’m eager to bring to a new audience the most powerful and ancient elements of horror: the darkest evil invading our human lives and how we must find in ourselves the power to resist it.”

The series is planned as an elevated continuation of the existing Hellraiser mythology.

https://deadline.com/2020/10/clive-barker-hellraiser-hbo-series-adaptation-1234606166/

"Hellraiser" TV Series Director David Gordon Green says Having Dueling Pinhead Movie Project will be "A Fun Cultural Experiment"
by Clark Collis
October 20, 2020


EW recently chatted with David Gordon Green about Halloween Kills and he confirmed that the "Hellraiser" TV series was still in the works.

"We've got it over at HBO, and that's not in script form yet, but it's being developed," said Green.




During our interview Green admitted that he had not heard the news about the reboot arriving on Hulu, starring Sense8 cast member Jamie Clayton as Pinhead. Green said that he was "excited" to see the movie and seemed unworried about the prospect of dueling "Hellraiser" projects.

"It's going to be fascinating because it's a different platform, different concept, different creators, but the same properties," Green said. "I'm not sure where that ends up and how that goes, but I'm very curious. It is a fun cultural experiment, right? To think there's a crew with a concept for a series [and] a crew with a concept for a movie taking the same mythology. I don't know, does it become like Deep Impact and Armageddon?"

https://ew.com/movies/hellraiser-series-director-david-gordon-green-not-worried-about-movie-reboot/