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30 Days of Night is about to descend upon a whole new streaming home.

Per Peacock, director David Slade's 2007 adaptation of Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith's instantly iconic horror comic 30 Days of Night will be available for streaming on the platform beginning February 1. Unfortunately, neither the sequel film 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, nor either followup TV series, 30 Days of Night: Blood Trails and 30 Days of Night: Dust to Dust, will be made available on the platform.

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The most brutal comic book series of all time is officially set to begin filming its live-action, feature length adaptation for the silver screen.

Niles and Templesmith's original comic followed a band of vampires who take to the sleepy, secluded town of Barrow, Alaska to embark upon a month-long reign of terror...

Based on Steve Niles's and Ben Templesmith’s graphic novel of the same name, David Slade's 2007 adaptation of 30 Days of Night is the ultimate action-horror movie, taking the vampire trope into territory bearing a closer resemblance to Die Hard than Near Dark. The action/horror mash-up borrows liberally from other genres and wears its influences on its blood-caked sleeves. This isn’t a criticism: what Slade achieved with 30 Days of Night was to take tired action and horror movie conventions and turn them on their severed heads. Riffing on the based-under-siege conceit, it shares a high-concept plot more aligned with action cinema than traditional vampire narratives. A high-octane concoction of neo-western, siege drama, and survival horror, the movie was made on a modest budget of $30 million and performed reasonably well at the box office, receiving mixed-to-positive reviews on release. The live-action film was only one arm of the fiendish,...

Writer-director JT Petty is setting the stage for his forthcoming horror film The Burrowers with a webisode series set to premiere on the horror Web site/on-demand service FearNet.

The seven three- to five-minute episodes are based on the film and tell the story of a family trying to survive in the wilderness who unknowingly release an evil force when they ingest infected deer meat.

The series -- in addition to a live blog hosted by Petty that features his production and behind-the-scenes insights -- will debut in December on FearNet.com and FearNet's VOD channel.

The webisodes follow the multiplatform horror destination's previously launched online series such as 30 Days of Night: Blood Trails, based on the graphic novel 30 Days of Night, and Devil's Trade, which Spider-Man director Sam Raimi launched in June through a joint venture with Ghost House Pictures.

"To have JT Petty writing and producing this prequel is absolutely wonderful and a testament to FearNet's commitment to providing exclusive content for horror lovers everywhere," FearNet president Diane Robina said.

William Hamm has been appointed to the newly created position of executive vp creative development at Starz Media.

Hamm, who will be based at the company's Burbank offices, will be responsible for a team of creative development executives focusing on acquiring new projects for the feature film and new-media platforms.

A 20-year industry veteran, Hamm most recently was executive vp television at Sam Raimi's Ghost House Pictures, where he oversaw the development of two series for Comcast's Fearnet network: Devil's Trade and 30 Days of Night: Blood Trails.

Hamm, who has held senior positions at Tribune Entertainment, Universal and ABC Television, was instrumental in the development of several successful television series, including Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Law & Order: SVU and New York Undercover.

Hamm also worked as a consultant for Creative Technologies, a think tank to aid the U.S. Department of Defense to develop a virtual reality training facility in Fort Sill, Okla., after the Sept. 11 attacks.