Adaptations
30 Days of Night has been developed into a major motion picture, with Sam Raimi as producer. Niles and Ben Ketai scripted a sequel, 30 Days of Night: Dark Days, to be directed by Ketai. Niles reported that the film would begin shooting on October 20, 2009, although casting was still in progress.
Niles' Remains, a zombie story was purchased by Synthetic Cinema International in 2010. It was released as part of Chiller Network's "Chiller Presents" series as "Steve Niles' Remains
Other comics he has written that have been optioned for film include Criminal Macabre, In the Blood, Aleister Arcane and Wake the Dead. Variety have reported that Wake the Dead will be the next to enter production with Jay Russell in the directors chair. Freaks of the Heartland is a remake of the Iceland film Mýrin and is being adapted by Peter Sattler and Geoff Davey, with David Gordon Green penciled in to direct it. The project is currently on hold, after differences with Overture film.
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