In a competitive situation with multiple bidders, Netflix has landed Black Hole , based on Charles Burns’ bestselling graphic novels, giving it a straight-to-series order. The hot package comes from New Regency, which will be the co-studio on series alongside the streamer, with Plan B and Erin Levy ( Good American Family ) among the executive producers.

Black Hole is created and written by filmmaker Jane Schoenbrun ( I Saw the TV Glow ), who also is set to direct. Here is the description:

There’s an old myth that haunts the seemingly perfect small town of Roosevelt: if you have sex too young, you’ll contract the “bug,” a virus that literally turns you into a “monster” from your worst nightmares. Absurd, right? That’s what Chris always assumed, until, after one reckless night

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