{"id":113716,"date":"2013-01-14T14:58:09","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T21:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=113716"},"modified":"2013-01-14T14:58:09","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T21:58:09","slug":"exclusive-don-coscarelli-may-develop-a-john-dies-at-the-end-tv-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2013\/01\/14\/exclusive-don-coscarelli-may-develop-a-john-dies-at-the-end-tv-show\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Don Coscarelli May Develop A John Dies At The End TV Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"John<\/a>David Wong\u2019s \u201cJohn Dies at the End\u201d is a big book for a 100-minute movie. Writer-director Don Coscarelli does a solid job paring through the narrative and isolating the appropriate pieces to make the feature work, but this is some mesmerizingly disturbing stuff we\u2019ve got going on here. It\u2019s well worth expanding and, much to my delight, Coscarelli confirmed the book-turned-movie may be developed into a TV series, too.<\/p>\n

\u201cJohn Dies at the End\u201d is currently available on VOD, but in honor of the film\u2019s January 25th theatrical release, Coscarelli took the time to sit down and talk soy sauce, meat monsters, bratwurst phones and a possible TV version with FX. He explained that the team behind the film has considered going the TV route and that they honed in on FX because the film\u2019s star and executive producer, Paul Giamatti, recently made an arrangement with the network through his own production company, Touchy Feely Films.<\/p>\n

The project is nowhere near a sure thing and Coscarelli certainly isn\u2019t about to get ahead of himself. He admitted, \u201cObviously the movie needs to come out and establish itself and hopefully there will be likeminded souls like yourself who would have the same feeling.\u201d He also suggested that \u201cJohn Dies at the End\u201d might be a bit too \u201cwild\u201d for the FX executives, a thought he quickly reconsidered after being reminded that \u201cAmerican Horror Story\u201d is currently an \u00fcber sick and twisted FX staple.<\/p>\n

But even though \u201cJohn\u201d is warped enough to nestle right in alongside material like \u201cAHS,\u201d Coscarelli is right; it\u2019s going to come down to the film\u2019s reception at the box office and on VOD platforms, and, honestly, it\u2019s not exactly a widespread crowd pleaser. The movie features two guys who have heightened senses, travel to other dimensions and see crazy creatures all courtesy of a drop of soy sauce; you\u2019re either on board for an adventure of that nature or you\u2019re not.<\/p>\n

I say take the plunge and give it a go, but if you need to hear more about it straight from Coscarelli himself, check out the clip of him discussing the potential TV show below and keep an eye out for the full interview with the writer-director coming soon to Shockya.com.<\/p>\n