The Vampire Diaries co-creators Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec have simply had their newest sequence scrapped by Peacock, though it was already picked up for a full-episode order. The sequence, titled Useless Day, was going to be primarily based on the comedian ebook of the identical identify by Ryan Parrott. The comedian follows the titular celebration, which is the in the future a 12 months that the lifeless can return to the world of the dwelling to pursue their unfinished enterprise. Useless Day comes throughout like a combination between Día de Los Muertos and The Purge, as a number of the lifeless have enterprise extra evil and terrifying than others.
Per Deadline, Peacock has given the ax to the Vampire Diaries duo’s Useless Day adaptation, which is now not shifting ahead. This information comes despite the truth that the present was initially picked up straight-to-series, making Useless Day the newest sequence to fall afoul of the scheduling shakeups which have been occurring at numerous streaming companies in current months. Reportedly, Plec and Williamson are at present procuring the sequence round at different networks.
Kevin Williamson Nonetheless Has a Future at Peacock
Though Peacock backed out on Useless Day, their relationship with Williamson has nonetheless borne fruit and is more likely to proceed happening sturdy. Earlier this month, they solely launched the brand new slasher Sick, which Williamson, who penned the unique 1996 Scream along with its sequel and 1997’s I Know What You Did Final Summer season, co-wrote with Katelyn Crabb. The movie, which was directed by John Hyams, adopted two younger girls quarantining at a secluded lake home through the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, solely to seek out their bucolic security shattered by the arrival of a knife-wielding killer.
Williamson additionally has not less than one different challenge lined up with Peacock along with Sick. It has already been introduced that he will likely be penning an episode of their upcoming Friday the thirteenth prequel sequence Crystal Lake, which was introduced in October 2022. The sequence, which can even characteristic the return of unique Friday the thirteenth Closing Woman Adrienne King, comes from Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller and is ready to comply with the origins of Jason Voorhees and his mom Pamela.
When Will Julie Plec Catch a Break?
Plec’s relationship with Peacock can even be persevering with, because the Vampire Diaries co-creator continues to be hooked up to their upcoming sequence Freeman along with different initiatives at present in improvement. Hopefully certainly one of these new sequence will strike gold, as Plec has amassed a large fan base who’ve acquired greater than their share of disappointment lately. The creator has had a run of dangerous luck, as Peacock has additionally canceled her new YA adaptation Vampire Academy after one season, information that got here just some months after The CW took the ax to her Vampire Diaries Universe spinoff Legacies.
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