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Horror maestro John Carpenter’s new projects will be developed in conjunction with Syfy and Universal Cable Productions.

The creator of Halloween is working on the scripted anthology series Tales for a Halloween Night as well as an adaptation of Simon R. Green’s Nightshade. Tales is based on Carpenter’s graphic novel that came out in November 2015 which brought together storytellers from the worlds of movies, novels and comics for a collection of tales featuring graveyards, sunken ships, creepy crawlers and ghosts.

“I’m excited to partner with Universal Cable Productions on this venture into television,” Carpenter noted. “On one hand, it’s a return home to Universal, where I have fond memories, and on the other, it’s a step into the future with great new creative partners in programming.”

Dawn Olmstead added: “John Carpenter is an incredible creator whose dark imagination has left an indelible mark in film and in our dreams. We are thrilled to have a master of the horror genre join UCP.”