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Clive Barker says the Hellraiser game has sparked ideas for the film franchise
Clive Barker says the new Hellraiser game has sparked ideas for the horror franchise he created.
The game, Hellraiser: Revival, was developed by Saber Interactive in collaboration with Barker.
Barker says he has ideas for future Hellraiser films, and hopes to keep involved with the franchise.
Hellraiser began with Barker’s 1987 film, based on his novella The Hellbound Heart, and has since expanded into films, books, comics and games.
He wants the franchise’s mythology to develop further, including in movies and other media.
Barker regained U.S. rights to the franchise in 2020, and a legal settlement in 2021 returned related copyright interests to him.
No new film has been announced, so it is not yet clear what will happen next.
Clive Barker says the response to the Hellraiser: Revival video game has prompted him to revisit ideas for the film franchise.
Barker said he has many ideas for the Hellraiser universe and wants to remain involved in its future.
He described the game as a wake-up call for creatives to explore existing fictional worlds in new ways.
Barker also said he would like the franchise’s mythology to expand further in films and other media.
The sources give different dates for Barker’s recovery of rights: Deadline says 2020, while AV Club reports a legal settlement in December 2021.
- Who
- Clive Barker, creator of Hellraiser and writer and director of the original film.
- What
- Barker says the Hellraiser: Revival game has sparked ideas for the film franchise.
- When
- He discussed the ideas following the game’s recent release; the sources do not give a release date.
- Where
- The ideas concern the Hellraiser universe; Barker discussed them with Dread Central.
- Why
- Barker said the game’s reception was a wake-up call to explore existing worlds in new ways.
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Barker wrote and directed the first Hellraiser movie, based on his 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart.
Deadline says Barker successfully reclaimed U.S. rights to the Hellraiser franchise.
AV Club says a legal settlement returned U.S. copyright interests in the novella and first film screenplay to Barker.
Saber Interactive’s Hellraiser: Revival video game was released, prompting Barker to discuss new ideas for the franchise.
- Creator
- Clive Barker
- Video game
- Hellraiser: Revival
- Developer
- Saber Interactive
- Original film
- Hellraiser, released in 1987
- Source of original film
- Barker’s 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart
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What people are saying
I have many ideas that I’d like to see realized in the Hellraiser universe, and I’m planning to keep my fingers in that pie.
I think Hellraiser is a mythology that could be given some real space to develop and expand upon
It says to get your ideas warmed over so you can go back into existing worlds in a brand new way