NIGHT STALKER pilot gets go-ahead

By: Patrick Sauriol
Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Source: Variety

According to a story appearing in today's Variety, ABC has ordered a pilot be made for a 21st century NIGHT STALKER TV show. As first reported last October, the proposed new STALKER series will be executive produced by ex-X-FILES producer/writer Frank Spotnitz. In a strange twist of fate, it was the original 1970s NIGHT STALKER show which inspired Chris Carter to make THE X-FILES in the 1990s.

The original NIGHT STALKER starred Darrin McGavin as a Chicago-based journalist named Carl Kolchak who always seemed to be assigned to stories that had a supernatural twist to them. During his brief run on television, Kolchak faced zombies, vampires, werewolves, swamp monsters, unseen entities and even a prehistoric man. Currently new Kolchak adventures are being created by Moonstone, a comic book publisher.


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