Alex Murphy
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David Moody:
Hello, I'm a big fan of Hater, and am intrigued by a new trilogy. Will these new books start and end the same time as the three Hater books? Essentially the before, during and after of the 'awakening'. Also the movie, will it still be set in the UK?
David Moody
Thank you for the great question, Alex.
The new trilogy actually came to be as a result of the film development work we've been undertaking. I started to look at what happened in the gaps between the original books. The first of the new novels (One of Us Will be Dead by Morning) is very different to the rest of the series: a more traditional horror novel which takes place during the early days of the Hater outbreak/ uprising/ awakening. It introduces a new main character.
The rest of the new series - The Other Half and The Last Summer - seem to me to wrap around Dog Blood and Them or Us. The Other Half overlaps with Dog Blood but looks at events from another perspective, while The Last Summer follows on directly from the previous book and fills a gap between Dog Blood and Them or Us.
Did that explanation make sense? I've probably made it sound more complicated than it actually is!
In terms of the movie, the producer and I are keen to retain the setting and tone of the original novels. We're in discussions at the moment so it's difficult to say much more. Keeping the UK setting was one of the main reasons I took the rights back from Hollywood!
The new trilogy actually came to be as a result of the film development work we've been undertaking. I started to look at what happened in the gaps between the original books. The first of the new novels (One of Us Will be Dead by Morning) is very different to the rest of the series: a more traditional horror novel which takes place during the early days of the Hater outbreak/ uprising/ awakening. It introduces a new main character.
The rest of the new series - The Other Half and The Last Summer - seem to me to wrap around Dog Blood and Them or Us. The Other Half overlaps with Dog Blood but looks at events from another perspective, while The Last Summer follows on directly from the previous book and fills a gap between Dog Blood and Them or Us.
Did that explanation make sense? I've probably made it sound more complicated than it actually is!
In terms of the movie, the producer and I are keen to retain the setting and tone of the original novels. We're in discussions at the moment so it's difficult to say much more. Keeping the UK setting was one of the main reasons I took the rights back from Hollywood!
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