M. Night Shyamalan's Tales From the Crypt reboot for TNT is currently no longer in the works due to rights issues, though the network may revisit the project in the future.
In an interview with Deadline, TNT and TBS president Kevin Reilly confirmed that, because of "a very complicated underlying rights structure," Shyamalan's reboot is no longer in development. The project faced legal issues since it was first announced back in 2016.
“That one got really caught up in a complete legal mess unfortunately with a very complicated underlying rights structure," Reilly said. "We lost so much time, so I said, ‘Look, I’m not waiting around four years for this thing.'"
The Crypt Keeper, as seen in HBO's Tales From the Crypt.
Reilly was discussing how the network is now partnering with Ridley Scott for a sci-fi focused programming block.
"Maybe [Tales] will come back around but in the meantime, Ridley Scott had come up, who has so much creative enthusiasm," Reilly said.
The Tales From the Crypt reboot was set to use the original William Gaines-created Tales From the Crypt EC Comics from the 1950s for some episodes, mixed in with original stories, with one of the episodes directed by Shyamalan.
In lieu of the Tales From the Crypt reboot's cancellation, Reilly revealed that TBS is currently working with Ridley Scott on an unannounced sci-fi series. The network is considering a straight series order and is aiming for a 2018 release, with Scott also potentially directing.
"When you got Ridley, there are projects he is potentially interested in getting directly involved," Reilly said.
For IGN's thoughts on Ridley Scott's latest film, Alien: Covenant, read our review.
Alex Gilyadov is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.
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