A year on, M. Night Shyamalan is still struggling to bring back Tales From The Crypt. Here's why it's taking a while...
This time last year, M. Night Shyamalan - who, with The Visit and Split, is very much back - announced that he was reviving classic horror anthology show Tales From The Crypt for a brand new series at the TNT network. Fans were intrigued to find out exactly what Shyamalan would do with the spine-tingling project, but we've not heard much more about it since then.
“I couldn’t be more excited to be teaming up with Kevin Reilly, Sarah Aubrey and the entire TNT team in this unique endeavor,” Shyamalan said back in January of last year. “To be part of such a beloved brand like Tales From The Crypt, something I grew up watching, and to also have the chance to push the boundaries of genre television as a whole, is an inspiring opportunity that I can’t wait to dive into.”
So what's taking so long? Well, back in August TNT's president Kevin Reilly was already softening the blow by saying they were aiming to get Tales From The Crypt ready for the final months of 2017, but the network have now released the following statement:
"The underlying rights to this classic, vintage property are complicated. TNT and others have been pursuing a solution for more than a year, with significant progress being made. We look forward to the potential for further active development of this valuable franchise once the clearance process is fully resolved."
Hmm, it looks like we might be waiting quite some time to see new Tales From The Crypt hit the small screen, and that late-2017 premiere is looking less than likely.
We'll bring you more as we have it.