The Midnight Club is an upcoming American horror mystery-thriller streaming television series created by Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong, with Flanagan serving as showrunner and executive producer along with Trevor Macy. An adaptation of the 1994 novel of the same name by Christopher Pike, the series follows eight hospice patients who meet up each midnight to tell sinister stories.[1]
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Based on | The Midnight Club by Christopher Pike |
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Country of origin | United States |
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Production company | Intrepid Pictures |
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It stars Iman Benson, Adia, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Shephard, William Chris Sumpter, and Sauriyan Sapkota as the titular patients. Heather Langenkamp,[2] Zach Gilford, Matt Biedel, and Samantha Sloyan have recurring roles.[3][4]
The Midnight Club is scheduled to premiere on Netflix on October 7, 2022.[5]
A group of seven close terminally ill young adults resides in the Rotterdam Home hospice run by an enigmatic doctor. They meet at midnight every night to tell each other scary stories. One night they make a pact that the first one to succumb to their disease is responsible for communicating with the others from beyond the grave. After one of them dies, bizarre occurrences begin.[6]
No. | Title | Directed by | Teleplay by [9] | Original release date [5] |
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1 | TBA | TBA | Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong | October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) |
2 | TBA | TBA | Leah Fong & Julia Bicknell and Mike Flanagan | October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) |
3 | TBA | TBA | Elan Gale and Mike Flanagan | October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) |
4 | TBA | TBA | James Flanagan and Mike Flanagan | October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) |
5 | TBA | TBA | Julia Bicknell and Mike Flanagan | October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) |
6 | TBA | TBA | Chinaka Hodge and Mike Flanagan | October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) |
7 | TBA | TBA | James Flanagan | October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) |
8 | TBA | TBA | Julia Bicknell and Mike Flanagan | October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) |
9 | TBA | TBA | Elan Gale and Mike Flanagan | October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) |
10 | TBA | TBA | Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong | October 7, 2022 (2022-10-07) |
In May 2020, it was announced an adaptation of Christopher Pike's young adult novel The Midnight Club would be created for Netflix by Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong.[10]
Flanagan confirmed the cast in a series of tweets on Twitter: Adia, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Shephard, William Chris Sumpter, Sauriyan Sapkota as the titular cast, and Heather Langenkamp as the doctor presiding over the hospice of the terminally ill. Zach Gilford and Matt Biedel, and recurring Flanagan collaborator Samantha Sloyan will appear in recurring roles.[11][12] In April 2021, Iman Benson, Larsen Thompson, William B. Davis, Crystal Balint, and Patricia Drak joined the cast.[13]
The project began production on March 15, 2021, in Burnaby, British Columbia, and was planned to conclude on September 8, 2021, but actually finished production on September 10.[14][15][16] The first two episodes of the series are directed by Flanagan, and other episodes in the season were helmed by directors Axelle Carolyn, Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, Michael Fimognari, Morgan Beggs, and Viet Nguyen.[17]
The Midnight Club is scheduled to be released on Netflix on October 7, 2022.[5]
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