In the last year and a half, two separate HELLRAISER projects were announced. While Spyglass Media is developing a "loyal, yet evolved" reboot of the film franchise, with David Bruckner signed to direct the film from a screenplay by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski (based on a story by producer David S. Goyer), HBO is working on a television series that "is by no means a remake, but rather assumes the past mythology to be a given." It's described as
an elevated continuation of the existing Hellraiser mythology.
When Clive Barker filed a lawsuit to terminate the 1986 transfer of his HELLRAISER rights earlier this year, it put the future of these projects in question. If Barker gets the rights to the property on December 19, 2021, Spyglass and HBO would both have to make new deals with him so they can continue working on Hellraiser projects. Would he want to make those deals?
Well, now we know that it's going to be smooth sailing for the HBO show. Before the rights are even fully back in his hands, Barker has already signed on to executive produce the series. He released a statement saying he is
delighted the Hellraiser mythology is seeing a new life. It’s time the stories went back to their roots. I’m eager to bring to a new audience the most powerful and ancient elements of horror: the darkest evil invading our human lives and how we must find in ourselves the power to resist it."
HALLOWEEN 2018 director David Gordon Green is on board to direct multiple episodes of the series. Mark Verheiden and Michael Dougherty are writing the scripts, with Verheiden serving as showrunner. Barker, Green, Verheiden, and Dougherty will be executive producing the show with Farah Films' Dan Farah, Vertigo Entertainment's Roy Lee, Green's Rough House partners Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and Brandon James, and Panacea's Eric Gardner, Lawrence Kuppin, David Salzman, and Marc Toberoff. Adam Salzman and Andrew Farah serve as co-executive producers.