It appears that filmmaker Mike Flanagan is ready to move from Stephen King to another iconic horror author, Edgar Allan Poe, as he sets “The Fall of the House of Usher” for Netflix.
According to Netflix, Mike Flanagan and his Intrepid Pictures are set to reteam for the fifth time to bring a new horror series to the streaming service. This time, Flanagan is adapting Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” which treads fairly familiar ground for the filmmaker, telling a story about a haunted house and things that go bump in the night.
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As mentioned, Flanagan is no stranger to working with Netflix on horror TV series. He started with “The Haunting of Hill House” and “The Haunting of Bly Manor,” both of which were well received by critics and audiences alike and made Flanagan a household name in supernatural horror. Recently, he released his third series, “Midnight Mass,” which has also become a hit series for Netflix. He is already working on his fourth show, “The Midnight Club,” which is seemingly going to arrive on the streaming service soon enough.
Much like he did for those series, Flanagan is the creator-producer-director of ‘House of Usher.’ Though he is sharing directing duties with Michael Fimognari, who will helm half of the eight episodes. It’s unclear when the series might arrive on Netflix, though with how busy Flanagan is, it probably won’t be for a year or two, at least. But considering how popular his shows are on the streaming platform, don’t be surprised if Netflix puts ‘House of Usher’ on the fast track.
