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Syfy orders TV pilot for Grant Morrison’s Happy!, along with Haunted and The Machine

September 19, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Syfy is looking to bring Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson’s Image Comics series Happy! to the small screen, with the network ordering a pilot from Universal Cable Productions. Crank helmer Brian Taylor is set to direct the pilot, and will also write the script and executive produce alongside Morrison.

Happy! follows “Nick Sax – an intoxicated, corrupt cop-turned-hit man — who is adrift in a world of casual murder, soulless sex and betrayal. After a hit gone wrong, his inebriated life is forever changed by a tiny, relentlessly positive, imaginary blue winged horse.”

The comic book adaptation is one of three pilots ordered by Fox, alongside supernatural horror-drama Haunted from writer Noga Landau (The Magicians), and sci-fi thriller The Machine, based upon Caradog James’ 2013 feature film.

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Originally published September 19, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, News, Television Tagged With: Grant Morrison, Happy!, Haunted, The Machine

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and the suspense thriller Death Among the Pines. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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