Verheiden and Dougherty are set to executive produce the Hellraiser series alongside Farah Films’ Farah, Vertigo Entertainment’s Lee, Lawrence Kuppin and David Salzman, Panacea Entertainment’s Eric Gardner, Rough House Pictures partners Green, Danny McBride, Jody Hill and Brandon James.
Should the project secure a series order, Halloween director David Gordon Green is set to helm the first episodes.
According to Deadline, horror author Clive Barker has signed on as an executive producer on HBO’s upcoming series adaptation of the Hellraiser franchise, which is based on Barker’s horror novella titled The Hellbound Heart.
Hellraiser originally told the story of an unfaithful wife who attempts to assist her dead lover in his escape from hell.