Greg Berlanti
has become known for masterminding some incredible TV shows, having been behind the DC superhero contingent in The CW’s Arrowverse shows and Netflix’s You, which has just wrapped its five-season run. Now he is already working on several new projects, including adapting the popular horror-mystery comic series Stillwater into a new series for Amazon Prime Video.
For many people, Stephen King will always hold the crown when it comes to small-town horrors, but writer Chip Zdarsky and artist Ramón K. Pérez challenged the great American horror author with their 2020 “modern classic” about a town where no one dies. According to Deadline, Zdarsky and Pérez are on board the project as consulting producers, meaning that fans of the dark, twisting tale will hopefully be getting a pretty faithful adaptation that could easily become the next Walking Dead or From.
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Stillwater wrapped its 18-issue run having opened with the mystery and ended with all the answers that are usually missing from many TV shows that end up being canceled too early. The story follows unemployed ex-con Daniel West, who is forced to venture to the isolated town of Stillwater to claim a sizable inheritance left to him by a distant relative who has reportedly passed away. However, when he arrives in the town, it quickly becomes clear that this is not an ordinary town, mainly due to the fact that the people there don’t die. The question is, what lengths will they go to keep their secrets?
Can ‘Stillwater’ Be the Next Big Comic Book Hit?
Comic book movies and TV shows are currently at an all-time high, and Stillwater has many of the traits needed to make a great TV show. An outsider discovering a place full of mystery, a town with secrets that it wants to keep hidden from the world, and a promise of nightmares that will make you think long after the story is told. These have been the themes of many hits, including the recent From, which played into similar territory with its town that no one can leave.
For Berlanti, Stillwater marks another pivot in his diverse body of work as a producer and screenwriter, which, along with the Arrowverse and You includes Ryan Reynolds’ Free Guy, the Harry Styles drama My Policeman, and the upcoming Netflix live-action Scooby-Doo series. With his record, there is little to suggest that Stillwater can join his many hits, and could come at just the right time to fill the comic book void that will be made when The Boys ends next year.
With the deal just being done, there is currently no release date or casting news, but Berlanti will be serving as executive producer with longtime collaborators Sarah Schechter and Leigh London Redman on behalf of Berlanti Productions, and Robert Kirkman and David Alpert will fulfill the same roles for Skybound Entertainment, making the team behind the project one that knows exactly what they are doing in this genre and market.
Source: Deadline
