Nightshade: Neil Marshall serves as showrunner on supernatural action series

Genre regular Neil Marshall, whose credits include Dog Soldiers, The Descent, Doomsday, Hellboy, and The Reckoning, is teaming up with Alleycats writer Simon Uttley to executive produce and serve as showrunners on the live-action supernatural action series Nightshade. 108 Media is financing, co-developing, and producing the show, with Marshall also on board to direct the pilot episode. The first season of Nightshade is expected to consist of six hour-long episodes.

108 Media’s Abhi Rastogi, Justin Deimen, and Rod Smith will executive produce the show alongside Marshall and Uttley.

Here’s some information on the concept:

Sprung from the deep genre wellspring of the Marshall-Uttley writing partnership, the world of NIGHTSHADE is set in a bustling 18th century English port city visited by a diverse manner of international traders, rogues, and vagabonds. We meet our heroine – the half English and half Indian outcast Lizzie Monroe who transforms herself into a defiant masked outlaw avenger – Nightshade – to rescue her brother James from the treacherous underworld realm of The Veil, where werewolves, demons, warlocks, and evil creatures beyond our imagination reside, after he is slain by a monstrous satanic cult run by powerfully sinister men in politics, religion, and industry. During their treacherous journey back to one another, the Monroes will discover that the supernatural forces arrayed against them represent merely the vanguard of a far greater threat and that they are caught in the opening salvos of a war between humanity and the forces of darkness.

Marshall and Uttley conceptualized the world-building for the show together. Marshall had this to say about the series: “Make no mistake about it, this will be a Neil Marshall show through and through. When it’s scary, and it will be, often, then it will be very scary. When it’s necessary to be violent, it will be violent. Every punch will land hard and break bones, and every sword thrust will cut and sting.“

Uttley added: “We could not be more excited to bring the story of Nightshade to the screen with our partners at 108 Media. This is a character and a world we’ve dreamed of exploring. Nightshade is adventure, heroism, horror, action, mystery, and mythology – and we cannot wait for audiences to see what we have in store for you all.“

108 Media’s Justin Deimen provided the following statement: “Utterly chuffed to bits to be producing such visceral thrill ride from the prolific mind of Neil Marshall leading the charge. Audiences know what quality and imagery to expect from him as one of the most complete genre maestros working today. We’re looking forward to expanding 108 Media’s creative and financing mandates across more genre offerings with strategic co-production deals across key territories.“

And here’s a comment from 108 Media’s Rod Smith: “I am very excited to be working with our creative team on this dynamic and exciting new series. Neil’s vision for this is breath-taking; and we look forward to unleashing this fast and furious adventure series and fresh mythology into the world.“

Marshall’s previous television work includes episodes of Game of Thrones, Constantine, Hannibal, Westworld, and Lost in Space.

I have been following Marshall’s career since his first feature, so I’m looking forward to seeing what Nightshade is going to be like. Does this show sound interesting to you? Let us know by leaving a comment below.

A very small promo image was provided with the Nightshade press release, and you can take a look at that image by clicking HERE.