The Midnight Club

The Midnight Club is an upcoming American horror mystery-thriller streaming television series created by Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong for Netflix. Flanagan is the showrunner and is an executive producer along with Trevor Macy. The series will premiere on Netflix. It is an adaptation of the Christopher Pike young adult novel The Midnight Club.[1] It stars Iman Benson, Adia, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Shephard, William Chris Sumpter, Sauriyan Sapkota as the titular patients, and Heather Langenkamp as the enigmatic doctor that runs the Rotterdam Home hospice.[2] Zach Gilford, Matt Biedel, and Samantha Sloyan have recurring roles.[3][4]

For similar terms, see Midnight Club and Midnight Club (film).

The Midnight Club
Genre
Created by
Based onThe Midnight Club
by Christopher Pike
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
Production companyIntrepid Pictures
DistributorNetflix Streaming Services
Release
Original networkNetflix
Picture format

Overview

A group of seven close terminally ill young adults resides in the Rotterdam Home hospice run by an enigmatic doctor. They meet at midnight every night to tell each other scary stories. One night they make a pact that the first one to succumb to their disease is responsible for communicating with the others beyond the grave. After one of them dies, bizarre occurrences begin.[5]

Cast

Main
  • Iman Benson
  • Adia
  • Igby Rigney
  • Ruth Codd
  • Aya Furukawa
  • Annarah Cymone
  • William Chris Sumpter
  • Sauriyan Sapkota
  • Heather Langenkamp as the enigmatic doctor who runs the hospice for young adults.

Recurring

Episodes

The teleplay for each episode, respectively, was written by:[7]

  1. Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong
  2. Leah Fong & Julia Bicknell and Mike Flanagan
  3. Elan Gale and Mike Flanagan
  4. James Flanagan and Mike Flanagan
  5. Julia Bicknell and Mike Flanagan
  6. Chinaka Hodge and Mike Flanagan
  7. James Flanagan
  8. Julia Bicknell and Mike Flanagan
  9. Elan Gale and Mike Flanagan
  10. Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong

Production

Development

In May 2020, it was announced an adaptation of Christopher Pike's young adult novel The Midnight Club would be created for Netflix by Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong.[8]

Casting

Flanagan confirmed the cast in a series of tweets on Twitter: Adia, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Shephard, William Chris Sumpter, Sauriyan Sapkota as the titular cast, and Heather Langenkamp as the doctor presiding over the hospice of the terminally ill. Zach Gilford and Matt Biedel, and recurring Flanagan collaborator Samantha Sloyan will appear in recurring roles.[9][10] In April 2021, Iman Benson, Larsen Thompson, William B. Davis, Crystal Balint, and Patricia Drak joined the cast.[11]

Filming

The project began production on March 15, 2021 in Burnaby, British Columbia, and was planned to conclude on September 8, 2021 but actually finished production on September 10.[12][13][14] The first two episodes of the series are directed by Flanagan, and other episodes in the season were helmed by directors Axelle Carolyn, Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, Michael Fimognari, Morgan Beggs and Viet Nguyen.[15]

References
  1. Petski, Denise. "'The Midnight Club': Netflix Horror Series From Mike Flanagan & Trevor Macy's Intrepid Pictures & Leah Fong Sets Cast". Deadline. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  2. Scott, Ryan. "Netflix's The Midnight Club Cast Announced, Including Elm Street Icon Heather Langenkamp". MovieWeb. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  3. Reimann, Tom. "Mike Flanagan Reveals Cast of 'The Midnight Club' Netflix Series, Including a Horror Fan-Favorite". Collider. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  4. Zorrilla, Mónica Marie. "Netflix's 'The Midnight Club' Series Adaptation Sets Cast". Variety. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  5. Venable, Nick. "Haunting Of Bly Manor Creator's New Netflix Horror Show Has Cast An Elm Street Legend And More". Cinema Blend. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  6. Roots, Kimberly. "The Haunting of Hill House EPs to Adapt The Midnight Club at Netflix: Zach Gilford, Classic Horror Vet Join Cast". TVLine. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  7. "The Midnight Club (2021-2022)". Writers Guild of America West. January 13, 2022. Retrieved April 27, 2022.
  8. Otterson, Joseph. "'The Haunting of Bly Manor' Team to Adapt 'Midnight Club' as Netflix Series (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  9. Perry, Spencer. "Mike Flanagan Announces Cast for Netflix's The Midnight Club Series Adaptation". comicbook. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  10. Hemmert, Kylie. "Mike Flanagan Announces Cast for Netflix's The Midnight Club Series Adaptation". comingsoon.net. Retrieved February 3, 2021.
  11. Petski, Denise (April 13, 2021). "'The Midnight Club': Iman Benson, William B. Davis Among Five Added To Cast Of Netflix Horror Series Adaptation". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 13, 2021.
  12. "DGC BC Production List" (PDF). Directors Guild of Canada. March 5, 2021. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  13. John, Squires (March 16, 2021). "Filming Has Begun on Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong's Netflix Series "The Midnight Club"". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
  14. Robinson, Jacob (September 24, 2021). "'The Midnight Club' Mike Flanagan Series: Everything We Know So Far". What's on Netflix. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
  15. Mike Flanagan [@flanaganfilm] (June 13, 2021). "Honored to announce the other filmmakers helming eps of THE MIDNIGHT CLUB. Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour, Axelle Carolyn, Viet Nguyen, Morgan Beggs, and my dear friend Michael Fimognari will all direct episodes. I'm grateful and lucky to collaborate with such terrific artists" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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