A movie adaptation of the horror comic book series Hack/Slash has been stuck in development hell for several years now, but it looks like the project has been given a new lease of life on the small screen, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that a TV series is in the works courtesy Relativity Television.
According to the site, Skip Woods (Swordfish, Hitman: Agent 47) has been tapped to write the script and produce executive produce alongside Adrian Askarieh and Ray Ricord, with Relativity currently seeking directors for what is being pitched as “a dark and gritty show in The Walking Dead mold.”
Originally published by Devil’s Due and later Image Comics between 2004 and 2015, Hack/Slash “centers on Cassie Hack, a woman who symbolizes the cliche of the lone girl who survives at the end of every horror movie. However, the emotionally damaged girl not only survived but has become a killer of killers. Along with a burly protector named Vlad, Hack travels across the country hunting slashers in the vein of Halloween’s Michael Myers, Friday the 13th’s Jason Voorhees and A Nightmare on Elm Street’s Freddy Krueger.”
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Originally published October 18, 2015. Updated April 14, 2018.
