The supernatural thriller podcast Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal is being turned into a TV show. The 2017 […]
The supernatural thriller podcast Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal is being turned into a TV show.
The 2017 novel, from Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and Thomas E. Sniegoski (The Fallen), is being developed into a series by Echoverse, a sci-fi and fantasy audio content studio now making its way into television, reports Variety.
The novel is “a darkly comedic story about a man named Bentley who, in order to release his parents from purgatory, has agreed to work for Death, avenging those who have been killed before their time. Aiding him in his supernatural quest are Bentley’s acerbic butler Pym, headstrong journalist Gwen, and nearly dead sidekick Bill.”
Echoverse has previously adapted the work into an audio drama starring Cory Michael Smith and Merritt Wever. The new project, which has already started pre-production, will either be a standard show or one optimized for the short-form vertical viewing market.
“Getting a call from Mike Mignola to run an idea by you is always exciting, but when it’s something like ‘Grim Death and Bill the Electrocuted Criminal,’ you just can’t believe your luck,” Sniegoski said in a statement. “‘Grim Death‘ is everything I love about storytelling—masked vigilantes, spunky dame reporters, ghosts, monkeys with straight razors, and a talking raven that works for Death—what more could a guy ask for?”
Mignola and Sniegoski are both attached to the television project as executive producers.
