Channel Zero’s Nick Antosca forms new production company Eat the Cat

Nick Antosca, the showrunner of Syfy's CHANNEL ZERO announced via his Instagram that he is launching his very own production company titled "Eat the Cat".

Antosca's new production banner will focus on television and film projects. The creative mandate of Eat the Cat is to make elevated genre material and high-end dramas and thrillers. Alex Hedlund, who most recently served as head of development and production for Archie Comics, has been hired to run the day-to-day operations.

Making a name for himself in the horror world as a producer and writer on NBC's HANNIBAL before going on to helm four seasons of CHANNEL ZERO on the Syfy channel, Antosca has proven himself to be one of the most important and interesting voices in the horror genre. Although the tragically underrated CHANNEL ZERO was recently cancelled by Syfy, the screenwriter and novelist still has quite the busy year ahead of him, as his true-crime limited series THE ACT which he co-created and showran, is set to premiere in March on Hulu. Antosca was also a writer on the script for ANTLERS, an upcoming horror film produced by Guillermo del Toro which is currently in post production.

While at Archie Comics, Hedlund worked on THE CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA, which is currently streaming on Netflix. He previously held executive positions at Legendary as well as Sam Raimi and Josh Donen’s production company Stars Road Entertainment. 

Antosca is repped by WME, Writ Large and attorney Lev Ginsburg. He will continue his overall deal with UCP.