NYCC 2026: Blumhouse and Boom! reveal director for Something is Killing the Children movie

October 9th, 2026 by Marc Comments

As announced by Blumhouse during their panel on Friday, October 9 at New York Comic Con, Craig Zobel (American Gods, Westworld) is set to direct the upcoming live-action Something is Killing the Children.

Something is Killing the Children is the acclaimed horror comic series created by New York Times-bestselling author James Tynion IV and Eisner Award-winning artist Werther Dell’Edera. When children begin to go missing in the town of Archer’s Peak, all hope seems lost until a mysterious woman arrives to reveal the terrifying creatures behind the chaos. She alone will destroy them, no matter the cost.


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Published by BOOM! and distributed by Penguin Random House, Something is Killing the Children is available at your local comic shop and bookstore.

James Tynion IV is an Eisner Award–winning, New York Times bestselling writer and publisher of comic books. He is best known for co-creating hit horror comics series like Something is Killing the Children, The Nice House on the Lake, and The Department of Truth. He is also the writer of young adult adventure series, like multiple GLAAD Media Award–nominated Wynd, and the 2017 GLAAD Media Award winner The Woods. He spent ten years writing various Batman titles at DC Comics, where he co-created exciting new characters like Punchline and Ghost-Maker. He lives and works in Brooklyn, and is represented by UnitedTalent Agency.


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Werther Dell’Edera is an artist based out of Italy. He has worked with publishers in Italy and the US including BOOM! Studios, Dark Horse, DC Vertigo, IDW, Image, and SergioBonelliEditore. He was an artist for Brian Azzarello’s Loveless and Ian Rankin’s Hellblazer: Dark Entries from DC Vertigo. Dell’Edera also worked alongside famed illustrator Gabrielle D’Otto on the graphic novel Spider-man: Family Businessfor Marvel Entertainment. He is currently working with co-creator James Tynion IV on Something is Killing the Children and House of Slaughter from BOOM! Studios.

BOOM! Studios, part of the Random House Worlds portfolio of imprints at The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, is the home of world-class comic book and graphic novel storytelling for all audiences. Through three distinct imprints—BOOM! Studios, BOOM! Box, and KaBOOM!—the team has produced bestselling, award-winning original work, including Keanu Reeves’s BRZRKR, Something is Killing the Children, and Lumberjanes, while also breaking new ground with established licenses such as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Dune, and The Expanse properties. BOOM! original series have been brought to life in media, including the feature film The Empty Man (20th Century Studios), the animated series Mech Cadets (Netflix), and most recently, the live-action series Butterfly (Prime Video).


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Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….