Mike Flanagan Archives

On September 24, "Haunting" franchise producers Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy are taking Netflix viewers to a different part of the horror landscape with the upcoming supernatural series Midnight Mass Created and directed by Flanagan, the seven-episode series takes us into the lives of the folks on an isolated island who begin to experience miraculous[...]

Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy's (Netflix's "Haunting" franchise) upcoming adaptation of Christopher Pike's 1994 novel The Midnight Club (and other Pike stories) is bringing aboard a team of five directors to join Flanagan behind the camera for the 10-episode season Taking to Twitter on Sunday, Flanagan announced that Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour (Black Box), Axelle Carolyn (American[...]

Mike Flanagan is one of the busiest creators in Hollywood right now, and today he got to hop aboard one of his dream projects The Haunting of Hill House/Doctor Sleep director will adapt Christopher Pike's young adult novel The Season of Passage as a feature film, Deadline reports Universal won the bidding war for the[...]

Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy's (Netflix's "Haunting" franchise) upcoming adaptation of Christopher Pike's 1994 novel The Midnight Club (and other Pike stories) announced on Tuesday via Deadline Hollywood exclusively that Iman Benson (Alexa & Katie), Larsen Thompson (Boléro), William B Davis (The X-Files), Crystal Balint (The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco), and Patricia Drake (The Sisterhood[...]

Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy (Netflix's "Haunting" franchise) have announced the official club roster for the streaming service's upcoming adaptation of Christopher Pike's 1994 novel The Midnight Club (and other Pike stories) Co-adapted by Flanagan and Leah Fong (Once Upon a Time), and executive produced by Flanagan, Fong, and Julia Bicknell, as well as Macy[...]

In 2014, after the film had already put out a sequel and direct to DVD forgettable third installment, but screenwriter Jeffrey Howard (Oculus) was tapped to work on a new installment with filmmaker Mike Flanagan that unfortunately never came to fruition The film would have been a way to make an original adaptation of an[...]

Now with a week to go until the series premieres on October 9th, series creator Mike Flanagan and producer Trevor Macy are offering viewers a look at the season's opening credits- where if the eyes truly are mirrors to the soul, then these folks have some things to hide. The Haunting of Bly Manor this Fall[...]

Netflix's The Haunting of Bly Manor is now only a little more than a week away from kicking off the Halloween season proper (unless you're like us and you started celebrating back in June), so series creator Mike Flanagan and producer Trevor Macy thought now was as good a time as any to let you[...]

With Netflix's The Haunting of Bly Manor ready to unveil a season of smart thrills-n-chills guaranteed to raise the hair on the backs of our necks, series creator Mike Flanagan and producer Trevor Macy are taking viewers behind the scenes to show how the series made the journey from 2018's Hill House to its second-season[...]

With The Haunting of Hill House creator Mike Flanagan and producer Trevor Macy ready to unleash the next chapter in their "Haunting" horror anthology series in less than three weeks, Netflix has released the official trailer for The Haunting of Bly Manor Offering its take on author Henry James' 1898 psychological gothic horror novella "The Turn[...]

While Warner Bros' Doctor Sleep (2019) didn't do as well as hoped for, Mike Flanagan, the director, and writer has hopes for another Stephen King IP in The Dark Tower While promoting his latest project, The Haunting of Bly Manor for Netflix, Flanagan spoke to SyFy Wire about his other horror projects In addition to[...]

The comic adaptation is set up at Amblin, with Mike Flanagan and Trevor Macy producing and Ciaran Foy (Sinister 2) on board to direct The series from Pat Mills and Clint Langley "is a sci-fi action noir, set in a near-future where the aging elite, called "Snatchers," prey upon the young, paying to hijack their[...]

Mike Flanagan, who has already worked on a few different Stephen King films, is doing another He and Trevor Macy will co-write an adaptation of King's 2014 novel Revival for Warner Bros Pictures Flanagan will direct as well The duo was responsible for last year's The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep, also for Warner Bros[...]

Mike Flanagan, who has already worked on a few different Stephen King films, is doing another He and Trevor Macy will co-write an adaptation of King's 2014 novel Revival for Warner Bros Pictures The duo was responsible for last year's The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep, also for Warner Bros Mike Flanagan will write the script[...]

So, let's brainstorm what spooky directors could bring those sequences to life. Mike Flanagan This one is most obvious Flanagan has a knack for creating tension and horrific atmosphere in his projects, and those who have seen his latest Doctor Sleep know that he can for sure handle the fantastical elements Weirdly, of all of them I[...]

Lately there has been interest in different creative minds getting involved in Nightmare on Elm Street, or talk of other lashers like Scream and Friday the 13th, but director Mike Flanagan is the most recent filmmaker to talk about his own idea for a franchise — however this one was a (sort of) actual pitch[...]

After the success of Doctor Sleep, it was clear that horror veteran Mike Flanagan would remain a trusted genre director Now, with reports of a possible return for A Nightmare on Elm Street, the director has spoken out about his interest in taking a stab at the iconic franchise by horror mastermind Wes Craven. It had[...]

Netflix sure seems to be happy to be in the Mike Flanagan horror business After successfully collaborating on Gerald's Game and The Haunting of Hill House, they have now ordered another horror series from Flanagan and his producer Trevor Macy titled Midnight Mass The show will run for seven episodes, and will focus on "an[...]

The second seaosn of The Haunting of Hill House is coming in 2020, and they have cast season 1's Victoria Pedretti as the lead of Bly Manor!

We know were Season 2 of The Haunting of Hill House will take place: prepare to be spooked by The Haunting of Bly Manor in 2020 on Netflix!

You can even watch all of them on YouTube, the one with the most views at the end of the season wins a contest, so help them out! Hush– Netflix Mike Flanagan is on a huge hot streak right now, riding high after the success of The Haunting of Hill House This slasher film stars Kate Siegel[...]

Creator Mike Flanagan, over ten episodes, crafted one of the best looks at grief, family, and yes terror that we have gotten in a long time We gushed all over the show in our review, which you can read here Flanagan sat down with Entertainment Weekly for a spoiler-filled chat about everything from grief to[...]

Written and directed by Mike Flanagan (Ouija: Origin of Evil, Hush), details on Gish's Mrs Dudley and her role in the series are being kept under wraps for now. A modern re-imagining of the twice-adapted work, The Haunting of Hill House tells the tale of The Crane Family, who find themselves living in an 80-year-old mansion and[...]

Mike Flanagan and his cinematographer Micheal Fimognari sure know how to set the mood I loved the way they disorient us with shadows and wide-angle shots You can never be certain or what you are seeing in that room And the way scenes linger and fester make the goings-on that much more sinister in nature[...]

But this time, the property is being handled by Mike Flanagan (Occulus), Amblin TV and Paramount TV and has gotten a straight to series 10-episode order from Netflix. The novel is considered one of the best ghost stories of the 20th century The 1963 film was a faithful adaptation of the work and received a lot[...]

It's here where director Mike Flanagan and screenwriter Jeff Howard makes an honest attempt to take yet another ghost story and make it into something compelling and very watchable. I enjoyed the seemingly seamless flashbacks mixed with current events, as this has the viewer walking along side both the brother and sister as they question everything[...]