Early last year, it was revealed that The CW was developing a reboot of Tales from the Darkside from Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Joe Hill, and while the series never materialised, IDW Publishing announced a four-issue comic book series based upon scripts Hill produced for the aborted show. And now comes word that the publisher will also be releasing a hardcover collection of his scripts, complete with illustrations by Charles Paul Wilson III.
“When I was offered a chance to reinvent Tales from the Darkside, I leapt,” said Hill. “This was a landmark show for my generation: our Twilight Zone, our Outer Limits. Right away, I wanted to do something that honored the spirit of the original Darkside… and at the same time I wanted to go bigger, to do something fresh, something with scope. In the end I wrote three scripts and sketched a vision for a whole Darkside universe. I envisioned a series of individual horror stories that would, ultimately, turn out to be connected by a single mythology. I really wanted to do something with the scale of Locke & Key. TV is tough and in the end we didn’t quite make it to the little screen. But it’s a delight and a thrill to share the scripts alongside Charles Paul Wilson’s beautifully sick illustrations. Here’s the show that could’ve been, now playing in your imagination.”
“Working with Joe and Charles is always a pleasure. I mean, what we create is terrifying—why else would you pair the two together—but the results are never short of exemplary,” said project editor Justin Eisinger. “And this exploration of an alternate TFTD television universe that could have been… well, if you’re a fan of horror anthologies this is one you do not want to miss.”
Tales From The Darkside: Scripts by Joe Hill is set for release in October.
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Originally published May 15, 2016. Updated April 14, 2018.
