The Haunting of Hill House creator Mike Flanagan is prepping a series for Netflix based on the 1994 Christopher Pike novel The Midnight Club. Flanagan has spent the past decade making a name for himself as a reliable horror filmmaker, first on the big screen, then more recently in the streaming arena. Many would argue that he's yet to direct or produce anything truly bad, even if a few of his works, such as 2019 Stephen King adaptation Doctor Sleep, failed to become profit machines.
Flanagan has gotten in good with streaming giant Netflix in the last few years, with his film Hush streaming exclusively on the service, Netflix rescuing the long-delayed Before I Wake, and 2017 King adaptation Gerald's Game standing as one of the most acclaimed Netflix original movies to date. Then came The Haunting of Hill House, a pop culture phenomenon that didn't quite manage to equal a monster hit like Stranger Things or Tiger King, but still did big views for Netflix.
Flangan will soon create, write, and direct follow-up series The Haunting of Bly Manor, as well as the upcoming horror show Midnight Mass. Now, Flanagan is set to add The Midnight Club to his Netflix portfolio, further strengthening the relationship between the two parties. Here's what we know about it so far.
The Midnight Club Release Date
The Midnight Club project was first announced on May 5, 2020, with Mike Flanagan set to co-create and executive produce the Netflix series alongside Leah Fong, a writer on The Haunting of Bly Manor. Frequent Flanagan collaborator Trevor Macy is also executive producing. This early in the creative process though, it's unclear when production will begin, much less when The Midnight Club will release. That's especially true due to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. For now, things are up in the air.
The Midnight Club Story Details
Flanagan says he's a big fan of The Midnight Club book, written by prolific 1990s young adult horror author Christopher Pike, so it'll be interesting to see how closely he, Fong, and the rest of the writing staff stick to the source material. The book was set at Rotterdam Home, and saw a group of terminally ill teens begin gathering together at the titular time to share scary stories. The group makes a pact that whoever dies first will communicate from beyond to the others, and naturally, that leads to spooky circumstances. Interestingly, The Midnight Club series will reportedly incorporate elements of Pike's other novels.