The I SAW THE TV director GLOW will adapt the cult graphic novel BLACK HOLE for Netflix

Netflix is ​​diving into disturbing and surreal territory as they collaborate Jane Schoenbrunthe visionary director behind it I saw the glow of the TVadapt Charles BurnsCult-classic graphic novel Black hole in a new series.

If the news sounds familiar, that’s because Black hole has been around Hollywood for years. First published between 1995 and 2005, Burns’ disturbing coming-of-age horror story has long tempted filmmakers.

Directors like it David Fincher, Alessandro AjaAND Rick Famuyiwa each has attempted to bring it to life, with Famuyiwa recently linked to a film adaptation in 2018. None of these versions made it past development.

According to Variety, Schoenbrun has officially signed on to develop the graphic novels for both television and director. It seems like a perfect match considering Schoenbrun’s fascination with adolescent alienation, identity and surreal horror, which are the themes explored Black hole.

The official description of the Netflix series reads: “There’s an old myth that haunts the seemingly perfect town of Roosevelt: If you have sex too young, you’ll contract the ‘bug,’ a virus that literally turns you into a ‘monster’ of your worst nightmares.

“Absurd, right? That’s what Chris always thought, until, after one reckless night at the beginning of senior year, she finds herself infected. Now she’ll be cast out into the woods to live with the other infected, where a chilling new threat emerges: a serial killer who hunts them down one by one.”

Burn’ Black holewhich won a Harvey Award in 2006, follows a group of teenagers in 1970s Seattle who contract a mysterious sexually transmitted disease that causes grotesque physical mutations.

It’s part body horror, part melancholic coming-of-age story, wrapped in moody black-and-white illustrations that have made it a staple of underground comic culture.

While we don’t know if the Netflix version will retain the 1970s Pacific Northwest setting, it’s easy to imagine Schoenbrun leaning into that dreamlike nostalgia. Their previous work, included We’re all going to the World’s Fair and the imminent Sex and death among teenagers at Camp Miasmashows a keen ability to capture disturbing emotions through the eyes of disillusioned young people, often blending the banal with the terrifying.

Black holeThe moody themes, surreal body horror and emotional depth align perfectly with the director’s ability to explore the liminal spaces between fear and self-discovery.

Given Schoenbrun’s distinctive visual and narrative style, this adaptation may finally be the one to break it Black holeThe long string of development purgatory.