Dark and 1899 creators making new Netflix show: Something Is Killing the Children

Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese are the creators of Dark and 1899, two grim and spooky Netflix shows that met very different fates. Dark, about a mystery surrounding a missing child that someone grew into a show about a multi-generational time travel conspiracy, ran for three seasons and gained legions of fans who loved its brain-melting take on high-minded horror. 1899 was a similarly twisted sci-fi/period piece that only lasted one season before Netflix gave it the axe.

But there are no hard feelings, as Deadline reveals that Netflix has signed Odar and Friese to a new eight-figure ahead of a brand new series with a catchy name: Something Is Killing the Children. The new show is based on a comic of the same name by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera. Here’s the official description:

"When the children of Archer’s Peak begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories—impossible stories of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to see what they can see. Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters."

Creators of Dark and 1899 return to Netflix with Something Is Killing the Children

The theme of mysterious child deaths recall Dark, and I’m sure Odar and Friese will drench this new series is shadowy malice like they always do. And I say that as a compliment!

There’s no release date set for Something Is Killing the Children as of yet. Again I say: catchy title.

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