The reboot of the classic horror anthology series Tales from the Darkside has got a pilot order from the CW.

Reworked by writer Joe Hill and the former Star Trek team of Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the hour long pilot is written by Hill. It was originally planned as a half hour summer replacement show (as we reported here) but it’s now been extended, and seen as a potential project for the 2015/16 season.

The source series was created by George A. Romero and ran for four years from 1984 and was followed by a movie in 1990.

Speaking back in November 2013 when the series was first under consideration, Hill told Inside TV: Darkside is a loose reboot of Tales From The Darkside. It tells stories about different characters. It also tells an ongoing story. I love the original Tales From The Darkside, The Outer Limits, and The Twilight Zone, but I think in a post X-Files world there’s really no room for a straight anthology show. There has to be more. I like stories that work like puzzle boxes, every episode is turning another facet. We have something a little like that in Darkside that I am pretty excited about where you are watching it and every episode is a different story but three or four episodes in, your going, ‘Wait a minute, these parts actually all go together don’t they?’ I think that’s kind of exciting and I think the viewers will like that too.”