Producer Seth Grahame-Smith (“IT,” “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”) has confirmed that Hulu’s planned series adaptation of Stephen King’s 1984 fantasy novel “Eyes of the Dragon” is officially no longer in development and has been cancelled.
Speaking with The Kingcast, Grahame-Smith says the decision to cancel the series was due to the budget and behind-the-scenes changes among the executives. Grahame-Smith was set to pen the script and act as the showrunner on the project which had hoped to lure Oscar winner Sam Rockwell to portray the role of powerful wizard Flagg (later Randall Flagg in “The Stand”).
The story is set in the realm of Delain, part of King’s “Dark Tower” series, and follows two prince brothers whose lives are thrown into turmoil when their parents are murdered and one of them is framed for it while the other is left to be king of the kingdom at just 12.
The young king hands all of his authority to his father’s manipulative magician, Flagg, while the jailed brother attempts to escape and prove Flagg’s involvement in the murder of their parents. David Katzenberg, Bill Haber, Roy Lee and Jon Berg were also previously attached as executive producers.
