Back in July, we passed along word that THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE and DOCTOR SLEEP director Mike Flanagan has a new seven-episode Netflix horror series in the works called MIDNIGHT MASS. And today we hear the show has picked up its first cast member in HALLOWEEN and HALLOWEEN KILLS actor Robert Longstreet.
This casting update comes to us from Longstreet himself who previously work with Flanagan on THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE. He says:
2020 has me working with Mike Flanagan again on a new Netflix series called MIDNIGHT MASS. Imagine me giggling like a delighted kid when I say that because that is exactly how I feel.
MIDNIGHT MASS will follow an isolated island community that experiences miraculous events — and frightening omens — after the arrival of a charismatic, mysterious young priest. Flanagan said this about the series back in August:
It’s a limited series [currently set for seven episodes], but it might end up being more than that; I don’t know yet. Midnight Mass is kind of my baby; I’ve been working on that for six years. I started writing it while Oculus was in preproduction, and it’s a very personal, scary little story. For years, I’ve sat on it and waited for the right moment; for a while I was like, ‘No one’s going to make Midnight Mass, no one will let me do it,’ and now they’ll let me do it, so I’m going to go do it while I can!
On top of directing all seven episodes of this new Netflix horror series, Flanagan will also serve as an executive producer with Trevor Macy.
Unfortunately, that's all we know about this new series so far but we will make sure to keep an extra close on eye on the show as it develops and pass along word as soon as we hear anything more. In the meantime, remember that Netflix and Flanagan have the second season of THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE aka THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR heading our way in 2020. It will be an take on Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw.