Andy Serkis Set To Turn 'THE WICKER MAN' Into Tv Series

Before A24’s Midsommer took over the folk horror genre by storm, one film stood alone to many horror fans as the peak in that sub-genre, The Wicker Man. Deadline reports. Via the site, “Almost 50 years after the release of Robin Hardy’s horror classic, Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish’s The Imaginarium and Studiocanal-backed Urban Myth Films are turning The Wicker Man into a TV series.”

Howard Overman (War of the Worlds) wrote the script for the small screen adaptation, with Urban Myth and The Imaginarium in the “early stages of pitching to potential broadcasters.”

The original film was released back in 1973 and then had a subsequent remake in 2006 that starred Nic Cage.

The classic tale “follows Police Sergeant Neil Howle, who journeys by seaplane to the remote Hebridean Island of Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. The devout Christian is dismayed to find the Islanders paying homage to the pagan Celtic gods of their ancestors and all hell breaks loose, ending in tragedy.”

The planned television series adaptation, according to writer Howard Overman, will “explore the same themes of sacrifice, superstition and ritual that were at its core.”

“The Wicker Man” series will also reportedly take place in a “modern setting.”

Check out the original films trailer below.

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