You can’t keep a good monster hunter down.

Coming on top of a multi-company bidding war, Blumhouse, the prolific horror-centric banner behind Black Phone 2 and the upcoming Five Nights at Freddy’s 2 , has snagged the rights to Something Is Killing the Children , the popular Boom! Studios comic by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera.

The title has enjoyed Hollywood’s attention since it debuted in 2019 and has previously been in development as a live-action series. Blumhouse plans on actually doing both big-screen and small-screen takes. It will develop the franchise simultaneously as a live-action feature film and as an adult animated television series, with the TV adaptation to be shepherded by Tynion.

For this pickup, Lionsgate circled the rights while Netflix also chase

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