We already started 2023 with ‘Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre’ and it seems that the ‘Uzumaki’ anime will also arrive soon, with which we are having a good year for fans of the japanese horror. Now, it will take a little longer but there is already another adaptation of the work of Junji Ito underway, but this time in live action and it seems that big.
Horror trilogy on the horizon
This time it is the turn of ‘Bloodsucking Darkness’, which will be the first of three projects that Fangoria Studios is developing. The idea is to adapt Junji Ito’s vampire series ‘Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection‘, which compiles the stories of ‘Voices in the Dark’ and ‘New Voices in the Dark’, ending with A complete horror trilogy.
Jeff Howard, the screenwriter of ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ and ‘Midnight Mass’ with Mike Flanagan, will be in charge of the script and will also executive produce the film. For now there is no more information on ‘Bloodsucking Darkness’ nor has cast or direction been announced, so it’s time to be patient with the release date.
“Fangoria Studios is going to adapt my manga! I’m really looking forward to seeing how it turns out, I hope I can watch the trailer in my dreams tonight,” said Ito, who will also serve as a producer on the film.
Fangoria Studios It was born in 2021 from the hand of the magazine of the same name with the idea of producing series, films and podcasts specialized in horror. His first feature film was ‘Sitora’, based on the Malaysian film ‘Sitora Harimau Jadian’, and he also has a film on the Greek myth of Medusa directed by Anna Chazelle in the works.
Meanwhile, we have the premiere of the ‘Uzumaki’ anime pending, which is still pending a new release date but is scheduled to arrive in 2023.
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