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JamesG · 08-13-2009, 10:17 AM

TV: Clive Barker and SAW Scribes Team Up for Hotel
Thursday, August 13, 2009
By: MrDisgusting

While we always need more horror in cinemas, where it's really missing is on TV.

HBO's True Blood is helping to fix things as great projects - like The Walking Dead - are being announced. If The Walking Dead news posted yesterday wasn't kickass enough, Clive Barker is teaming up with Saw IV-VII scribes Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, who just saw the release of their feature film The Collector in theaters last month, for a horror tale taking residence in a "Hotel." Read on for the skinny!

From the Hollywood Reporter:

""Saw" scribes Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton are taking up residence at "Clive Barker's Hotel."

Fresh off Dunstan's feature directorial debut "The Collector," the pair have set up the "Hotel" pilot script at Warner Bros. Television, with a number of networks eyeing it as a potential series.

Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the project is expected to follow a series of ghoulish incidents at a haunted hotel. Barker, the creator of the landmark horror franchise "Hellraiser" and other well-known genre properties, is attached to produce, McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision also in talks to produce. Barker associate Joe Daley will co-produce.

The project marks another collaboration for the duo with the APA- and Evolution-repped Barker. They previously worked on a property from the horror meistro when they did a draft of Dimension's "Hellraiser" reboot, which is in development.

Dunstan and Melton, repped by APA and Underground Management, catapulted to fame when they won a season of "Project Greenlight" with their horror script "Feast." That project eventually became a Dimenson movie, and the duo have since gone up to become the writers on Lionsgate's "Saw" pics.

The pair wrote the previous two movies in the franchise and also penned the screenplay to this fall's "Saw VI." They are attached to write as many as two of the movies beyond that.

Dunstan also directed "The Collector" off a script he and Melton wrote. The pic, distributed theatrically through Freestyle, has earned about $7 million this summer in two weeks of release.

Wonderland produced the CW hit "Supernatural," a genre series on which it also collaborates with WBTV, and is also behind features such as Disney's reboot of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."

http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17059

JamesG · 08-19-2009, 11:50 PM

Clive Barker's Hotel Finds a Network
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
August 19, 2009

Clive Barker's Hotel, the potential series being guided by Barker, Joe Daley, Warner Bros. TV and McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision that we told you about last week, has found a home at ABC.

The network picked up the script by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (of the Saw and Feast series), beating out Fox and others.

The script centers on a series of ghoulish incidents at a haunted hotel. Here's to hoping someone can bring "horror" back to television. Supernatural is good and all, but the small screen needs a big injection of frights that others have tried and failed at doing.

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news...s.php?id=11472

Mr. Television · 08-19-2009, 11:55 PM

I agree. We need more horror series on tv.

JulieSomoski · 08-20-2009, 12:13 AM

I'm all for more horror on network televison - this one sounds really good, but hopefully the execution will end up better than Harper's Island. While a good mystery, it just wasn't that good of a show, which may be a problem in general for network horror series.

80sTrivia · 08-20-2009, 03:28 AM

A series from Clive Barker should be really good... and scary!

JamesG · 08-20-2009, 10:56 AM

Hopefully ABC treats this one right and that it does well.

Barker is truly one of the "Masters of Horror" so I have high hopes for this one.

Definitely don't expect much gore with this on network television; especially ABC.

browneyes106 · 08-21-2009, 05:08 PM

It's sound good we need more horror/supernatural/cult shows on TV.

comedyfreak · 09-04-2009, 01:44 PM

Sounds like it would be a good show, something different.

08-13-2009, 10:17 AM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,127	ABC Picks Up "Clive Barker's Hotel" TV: Clive Barker and SAW Scribes Team Up for Hotel Thursday, August 13, 2009 By: MrDisgusting While we always need more horror in cinemas, where it's really missing is on TV. HBO's True Blood is helping to fix things as great projects - like The Walking Dead - are being announced. If The Walking Dead news posted yesterday wasn't kickass enough, Clive Barker is teaming up with Saw IV-VII scribes Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton, who just saw the release of their feature film The Collector in theaters last month, for a horror tale taking residence in a "Hotel." Read on for the skinny! From the Hollywood Reporter: ""Saw" scribes Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton are taking up residence at "Clive Barker's Hotel." Fresh off Dunstan's feature directorial debut "The Collector," the pair have set up the "Hotel" pilot script at Warner Bros. Television, with a number of networks eyeing it as a potential series. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but the project is expected to follow a series of ghoulish incidents at a haunted hotel. Barker, the creator of the landmark horror franchise "Hellraiser" and other well-known genre properties, is attached to produce, McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision also in talks to produce. Barker associate Joe Daley will co-produce. The project marks another collaboration for the duo with the APA- and Evolution-repped Barker. They previously worked on a property from the horror meistro when they did a draft of Dimension's "Hellraiser" reboot, which is in development. Dunstan and Melton, repped by APA and Underground Management, catapulted to fame when they won a season of "Project Greenlight" with their horror script "Feast." That project eventually became a Dimenson movie, and the duo have since gone up to become the writers on Lionsgate's "Saw" pics. The pair wrote the previous two movies in the franchise and also penned the screenplay to this fall's "Saw VI." They are attached to write as many as two of the movies beyond that. Dunstan also directed "The Collector" off a script he and Melton wrote. The pic, distributed theatrically through Freestyle, has earned about $7 million this summer in two weeks of release. Wonderland produced the CW hit "Supernatural," a genre series on which it also collaborates with WBTV, and is also behind features such as Disney's reboot of "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17059
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08-19-2009, 11:55 PM	#3
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08-19-2009, 11:50 PM	#2
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,127	Clive Barker's Hotel Finds a Network Source: The Hollywood Reporter August 19, 2009 Clive Barker's Hotel, the potential series being guided by Barker, Joe Daley, Warner Bros. TV and McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision that we told you about last week, has found a home at ABC. The network picked up the script by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton (of the Saw and Feast series), beating out Fox and others. The script centers on a series of ghoulish incidents at a haunted hotel. Here's to hoping someone can bring "horror" back to television. Supernatural is good and all, but the small screen needs a big injection of frights that others have tried and failed at doing. http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news...s.php?id=11472

08-20-2009, 10:56 AM	#6
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,127	Hopefully ABC treats this one right and that it does well. Barker is truly one of the "Masters of Horror" so I have high hopes for this one. Definitely don't expect much gore with this on network television; especially ABC.

08-21-2009, 05:08 PM	#7
browneyes106 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 01, 2008 Posts: 6,094	It's sound good we need more horror/supernatural/cult shows on TV.