Writer Robert Patino, who serves as showrunner on the upcoming HBO Max series adaptation of DC Comics’ DMZ, has signed a deal to create and develop projects for the Netflix streaming service through his production banner Analog Inc., and The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the first project Patino is working on for Netflix is a series adaptation of the Image Comics title Nocterra.
From the team of Scott Snyder and Tony S. Daniel, Nocterra is described as a sci-fi adventure and is set
ten years after the world is plunged into an everlasting night that turns all living creatures into monstrous shades. The only way to survive is to stay close to artificial light. Enter Valentina “Val” Riggs, a skilled ferryman who transports people and goods along deadly unlit roads with her heavily illuminated eighteen wheeler.
The Atomic Monster team of James Wan, Michael Clear, and Rob Hackett will executive produce Nocterra with Patino, who is writing the pilot script and will serve as showrunner.
Patino said he is receiving “profound creative support” from Netflix executives Bela Bajaria, Peter Friedlander, Matt Thunell, Alex Sapot, Andrew McQuinn, and Kenyatta Smith:
Netflix is an extraordinary champion of intentional and inclusive storytelling, and I’m so eager to use this opportunity to tell bold stories that properly represent the Latinx community in entertaining, exhilarating and powerful ways. I couldn’t be happier to call Netflix my new home, and I can’t wait to hit the ground running with Nocterra and my boundary-pushing friends and partners at Atomic Monster.”
Sapot provided the following statement:
The passion, vision and world-building that Roberto Patino brings to all his projects is incredibly exciting. Coupled with his undeniable voice, style and deep commitment to uplifting inclusive voices and point of views in his storytelling make for a powerful combination that we are thrilled to embrace and share with our members around the world.”
I hadn’t heard of Nocterra before this announcement, but I’m definitely interested in watching a show about a truck driver transporting people and goods through a world of monsters.