Streaming giants Netflix has tapped filmmaker Mike Flanagan (Hush, Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil) to write, direct and produce a ten episode of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House, Deadline is reporting.
The project – titled Haunting – is being produced by Paramount TV and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin TV and has received a ten episode straight-to-series order from Netflix, in what is being described as a “modern reimagining” of the classic tale, which is widely considered to be one of the best ghost stories of the 20th Century. It has twice been adapted for the big screen in 1963 and 1999.
Before we get to Haunting, Netflix is set to release Flanagan’s next film Gerald’s Game – based on the Stephen King novel, and starring Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood – which is expected to arrive later this year.
