ITV is popping to the serial killer style for its subsequent massive drama.
The broadcaster has greenlit an adaptation of GR Halliday’s novel From the Shadows titled The Darkish, which comes from Ben Stephenson’s indie Poison Pen.
The Darkish follows Scottish detective Monica Kennedy. When the physique of a younger man is discovered eerily staged within the idyllic Scottish wilderness, she fears that is just the start of a terrifying marketing campaign that can strike the guts of a rural neighborhood. As paranoia rises, suspicions and secrets and techniques are compelled into the sunshine, and the locals begin to understand there’s a serial killer hidden amongst them. From the Shadows is the primary in a trilogy that includes Darkish Waters and Underneath the Marsh, leaving scope for ITV to consider a returnable sequence.
The present is being penned by Matt Hartley, a playwright who has beforehand written on EastEnders and Hollyoaks. It’s the second ITV fee for ex-BBC drama chief Stephenson’s Poison Pen, following Adultery, which is being written by Danny Brocklehurst.
ITV drama boss Polly Hill mentioned: “The Darkish is a compelling new drama which introduces the fearless DI Monica Kennedy, who has to attempt to catch a serial killer on this actually chilling Scottish story. Matt’s adaptation is brilliantly gripping and I’m delighted to be adapting this novel with him and the group at Poison Pen.”
Stephenson, Preethi Mavahalli, Luke Woellhaf and Fern McCauley will government produce alongside Hartley. Matt Brown will likely be producing the sequence, which additionally has Lena Rae and Nessah Muthy writing and Gilles Bannier as lead director and EP. The Darkish will begin filming in and round Glasgow throughout 2025 and is produced in affiliation with ITV Studios, which can distribute the sequence internationally. Halliday is repped by Catapult Rights performing along with Darley Anderson & Associates.
