Junji Ito BLOODSUCKING DARKNESS is in development

Horror manga sensei Junji Ito is a bestselling creator in the US, and extra of his chilling works are coming to the display. Fangoria Studios at present introduced they’re developeing the vampire manga Bloodsucking Darkness , in response to Variety. Screenwriter Jeff Howard (Haunting of Hill House, Midnight Mass) is hooked up to jot down the screenplay, and also will govt produce. Junji Ito will function producer.

Bloodsucking Darkness is a one shot from Ito’s 2019 assortment Smashed (which is collected and translated from his earlier 2002 compilation Voices in the Dark). Ito is a grasp of physique horror and the macabre and his work has quickly been rising in recognition over the previous decade, with increasingly of his some-thirty-year again catalogue being launched in English.

To Variety, Ito mentioned concerning the potential film:

“Fangoria Studios is going to adapt my manga! I’m so excited to see how it will turn out. I hope I get to see the trailer in my dreams tonight.”

On getting the chance to jot down and govt produce, Howard mentioned:

“When I found out a live action Junji Ito adaptation was going to happen, I chased after it with everything I had, because I just couldn’t live with anyone else getting there before me. The combination of fear and feelings is where I always want to be.”

Fangoria Studios Senior VP Armen Aghaeian mentioned:

“Ito’s stories and visuals are pure nightmare fuel. The team at Fangoria is honored to be working alongside Junji Ito. We are excited to bring the horror found in the pages of his work to life onto the biggest screens possible.”

Currently Bloodsucking Darkness has no director hooked up. Producers embody Fangoria Studios’ Tara Ansley, Armen Aghaeian and Abhi Goel; alongside Amuse Group USA’s Yasu Kutami and Tsubasa Yamaguchi. Executive producers embody Jeff Howard; Kevin Nicklaus; Zero Gravity Management’s Ryan Lewis and Joe Riley; and Friel Films Phil Wurtzel.

Fangoria Studios is an offshoot of Fangoria, a longstanding horror film fan journal. While the journal has been in existence since 1979, Fangoria Studios was established in 2021 following the acquisition of Fangoria and its affiliate publications by Wanderwall Entertainment CEO Tara Ansley and entrepreneur Abhi Goel with the intent to show it right into a multimedia model.

Bloodsucking Darkness is not the one Ito manga that may be considered on display or streamings. The anime Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre is curently streaming on Netflix, and an extended brewing adaptation of his masterpiece Uzumaki is nonetheless in the works, additionally from Netflix.