J.J. Abrams And B-Movie Legend Larry Cohen Are Making An Anthology Series
By Jack Giroux/Aug. 21, 2017 4:00 pm EST
Below, learn more about the J.J. Abrams anthology series in the works.
Cohen has written and directed a ton of cult movies throughout his career. He wrote Maniac Cop, Return of the Magnificent Seven, and dozens of other movies over the years. His more recent credits include titles such as Phone Booth, Cellular, and Captivity. However, it’s Cohen’s bizarre and unique horror B-movies that have the most passionate followers, including Abrams. He even talks about Cohen’s movies in an upcoming documentary, King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen, which also features Martin Scorsese, Joe Dante, Rick Baker, John Landis, and Tara Reid.
After spending time praising Cohen’s career, Abrams is going to help him add another project to his large body of work. During an interview with BrokeHorrorFan, Cohen revealed he’s written a cable series for Abrams and Bad Robot:
Cohen wants to have a host to introduce each episode as well:
We’re working on a series now for cable with J.J. Abrams, who is a big fan of mine, and his company, Bad Robot. Each season would be 10 original one-hour Larry Cohen thrillers. We’ve got about two seasons already written, ready to be shot. If that happens, it’ll be a whole new renaissance, and there will be a lot of my material out in the world, and I’ll direct some of them.
They’re currently trying to sell the series to cable. Cohen, who tends to write fast, turned out the 10 episodes rather quickly. He plans on directing a couple of the episodes, too. Cohen thinks the show would make for a wonderful tribute to his work. He’d like there to be 10 more Larry Cohen films, which the show would make possible. He feels confident if anyone can make the series happen, it’s Bad Robot and Abrams.
That’s what it’s going to be, a thriller anthology. I’m hoping to get somebody like Christopher Walken to be the host and introduce them in a comedic way.
