McFarlane Working on Half-Hour TV Series for Fox

McFarlane Working on Half-Hour TV Series for Fox

Anthology Hosted by McFarlane Will Focus on Horror and Fantasy Tales

TEMPE, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Spawn creator Todd McFarlane has partnered with AngryFilms to develop a half-hour anthology series for the Fox network, called Twisted Tales. Fox TV Studios' alternative division is producing in association with Todd McFarlane Entertainment and Angry Films (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen).

McFarlane, TME president Terry Fitzgerald, Rick Benattar, Susan Montford and Don Murphy will executive produce.

Episodes will focus on tales of horror, fantasy or sci-fi, and McFarlane himself will serve as host of the show, introducing each episode from a basement environment.

"There is nothing on television that is scary or creepy enough for me, week in and week out," McFarlane said. "It is my hope to be able to deliver a series that will keep the audience consistently off-balance and frightened."

Focusing on just one story per episode will allow for more chills-per-minute.

"Other series went to the easier fit idea of multiple stories in an hour, and inevitably one of the stories was bad," Murphy said. "Here it's one story, one episode, bang -- we gotcha."

The McFarlane Group of Companies produces award-winning animated television, feature films, and music videos. Past projects include Pearl Jam's animated music video "Do the Evolution," Korn's mini-movie-style video for "Freak on a Leash" and Jodie Foster's critically acclaimed "The Dangerous Lives of the Alter Boys." Animation and live-action projects under the production of McFarlane and Fitzgerald have won a Grammy, two Emmys, two MTV Music Awards, and a Much Music Video Music Award. A leader in publishing and entertainment, it owns the rights and trademarks to more than 250 intellectual properties and characters. The company is the fifth largest U.S. action figure manufacturer featuring, Spawn, Elvis, The Matrix, Ozzy Osbourne, Motley Crue, NASCAR drivers, Beatles, KISS, Alien Vs. Predator, plus officially licensed football, baseball, basketball and hockey action figures. More information at Spawn.com


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