GIDEON FALLS: James Wan, Hivemind Partner For New Hour-Long Horror Drama Based On Eisner-Winning Comic Series
A new series adaptation is in development as of last week’s announcement from Hivemind for Gideon Falls, based on the 2019 Eisner Award-winning comic series from Image Comics. James Wan will exec produce the hour-long series under his Atomic Monster banner in a freshman partnership with Hivemind. Gideon Falls will be Hivemind’s latest add to its current IP which also lists Netflix series The Witcher, Amazon’s The Expanse, and Sony Pictures’ 2020 Valiant feature adaptation, Bloodshot. Created by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino who authored the comic, the atmospheric new horror mystery drama follows an ensemble cast of seemingly random strangers: a washed-up Catholic priest, an uncompromising female sheriff, and a young recluse obsessed with unraveling a conspiracy buried in his city’s trash. As the series progresses, they will become drawn into a mystery connected to a long-forgotten local legend. Wan will be joined by Michael Clear at Atomic Monster. […]