Guillermo Del Toro Sets Carnival Row As Amazon Series

By Russ Fischer/Jan. 8, 2015 6:00 pm EST

Del Toro and Gary Ungar will produce the series, which is currently just called Carnival Row. (They produce The Strain together as well.)

We described the script back in 2011 when Tarsem was attached:

The director is enthusiastic about the story, and was happy to revise it as a series when Thomas Tull of Legendary dangled the opportunity.

The story takes place in a city named the Burgue, which exists in the future, but is a bit like 18th century London. Humans live side-by-side with other creatures, and a killer stalks the streets of a neighborhood called Carnival Row inhabited by faeries working in brothels. The murderer is killing faeries, cutting off their wings and leaving telltale puncture wounds in their necks.