In case you missed it: back in May last year came word that Pike's Midnight Club has been picked up by Netflix. WHEE! It'll be adapted by Mike Flanagan, who was behind The Haunting of Bly Manor.
Says Variety:
“The Haunting” creator Mike Flanagan will create the “Midnight Club” series for television along with Leah Fong. Flanagan will executive produce via Intrepid Pictures along with Intrepid’s Trevor Macy. Intrepid is currently under an overall deal at Netflix. Fong will also executive produce with Julia Bicknell. Elan Gale, James Flanagan, and Chinaka Hodge will also write on the series, with Adam Fasullo, Intrepid Pictures’ vice president of television, overseeing.
[...] Fong is currently a writer on “The Haunting of Bly Manor” as well as “Amazing Stories” at Apple. Her other credits include “Once Upon a Time” and “The Magicians.” (Source)
Flanagan seems pretty excited by this, and has confirmed on Twitter that he'll be bringing other Pike stories into the series, which makes it sound like a kind of anthology series of sorts--the kids telling stories and whatnot. Good move, no?
I began brainstorming an adaptation of THE MIDNIGHT CLUB as a teenager, so this is a dream come true. It’s an honor to introduce a new generation of young horror fans to the world of Christopher Pike. #christopherpike #midnightclub https://t.co/vA2RFiJ5pS
— Mike Flanagan (@flanaganfilm) May 5, 2020
Oh, and for you fellow Pike fans out there... the article is correct, we will be incorporating a lot of his books into the series. So whatever your favorite Pike book is, there's a chance it'll be part of the show.
— Mike Flanagan (@flanaganfilm) May 5, 2020
