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Exlcusive: Conan the Barbarian and Solomon Kane will be featured in upcoming novels from Titan Books, and ScreenRant has a first look at what’s to come. Created by Robert E. Howard, Conan the Barbarian and Solomon Kane first debuted nearly a century ago, with Kane first appearing in a pulp magazine in 1928 and Conan the Barbarian showing up a few years later in the 1930s. Both characters have had stories told through comics and films for decades, with Titan taking over comic and book publishing in 2023.

ScreenRant is happy to share a first look at Titan Books’ upcoming titles. 2025 and 2026 will be good years for the Robert E. Howard characters Conan the Barbarian and Solomon Kane, with Titan announcing two new Conan novels in Conan: Songs of the Slain and Conan: Spawn of the Serpent God, and the first-ever Solomon Kane novel, Solomon Kane: Suffer The Witch. Take a...

Titan Books and Heroic Signatures are collaborating to release a new series of Conan the Barbarian short stories, including other characters by Robert E. Howard. The first book in the series, "Conan: Lord of the Mount" by Stephen Graham Jones, will be released in September 2023, featuring cover art showcased by Screen Rant. The series will continue with various authors and titles, exploring different aspects of the Conan universe, offering exciting content for fans and potentially hinting at the possibility of a "Conan the Barbarian 3" film.

New Conan the Barbarian stories are on the way from Titan Books in partnership with Heroic Signatures, beginning with Conan: Lord of the Mount. 2022 marked the 40th anniversary of the Conan the Barbarian film, and 2023 has seen a resurgence in appreciation for the character in the form of releases like John Walsh’s making of Conan the Barbarian book and this new string of short stories.

Titan Books and Heroic Signatures are collaborating to release a new series of Conan the Barbarian short stories, including other characters by Robert E. Howard. The first book in the series, "Conan: Lord of the Mount" by Stephen Graham Jones, will be released in September 2023, featuring cover art showcased by Screen Rant. The series will continue with various authors and titles, exploring different aspects of the Conan universe, offering exciting content for fans and potentially hinting at the possibility of a "Conan the Barbarian 3" film.

New Conan the Barbarian stories are on the way from Titan Books in partnership with Heroic Signatures, beginning with Conan: Lord of the Mount. 2022 marked the 40th anniversary of the Conan the Barbarian film, and 2023 has seen a resurgence in appreciation for the character in the form of releases like John Walsh’s making of Conan the Barbarian book and this new string of short stories.

Saloon Media, the production company behind such TV projects as Cold Valley, Witches of Salem, Web of Darkness, Encounter: UFO, and Hotel Paranormal (hosted by Dan Aykroyd), has announced that they have acquired the rights to author Shaun Hamill’s debut horror novel A Cosmology of Monsters, which was first published in 2019. The company is working with executive producer Caitlin D. Fryers to turn A Cosmology of Monsters into an ongoing one-hour TV series, with the first season to consist of eight episodes.

Fryers previously worked on the shows Wynonna Earp, Endlings, and Private Eyes. She is developing A Cosmology of Monsters with Saloon’s SVP of Scripted Content, Melissa Williamson. Hamill and Saloon’s Michael Kot are executive producing the show with Fryers.

Hamill’s novel (pick up a copy Here) has the following description:

Noah Turner sees monsters. His father saw them – and built a shrine to them with The Wandering Dark,...

Shaun Hamill’s excellent debut novel A Cosmology of Monsters is getting a small screen adaptation, with Deadline reporting today that the series will be an “elevated family drama.”

From Saloon Media, “the book will be adapted into an eight-part series.”

A Cosmology of Monsters follows the Turner family, who operate an immersive haunted house experience but begin to realize real monsters are at their door.

Caitlin D. Fryers is creator and executive producer and will work with Saloon’s SVP, Scripted Content, Melissa Williamson, on development.

Blue Ant Media-owned Saloon’s Michael Kot and Hamill will also Executive Produce.

The book was published in 2019. It’s a heartbreaking fantasy-horror tale of a family torn apart by very real threats we can all relate to, with an ambitious supernatural backdrop.

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Fearne Cotton Behind Sky Kids Drama As Channel Goes Linear

British presenter Fearne Cotton is exec producing a Sky Kids drama as the channel launches ad-free on linear TV, moving in the opposite direction to older-skewing BBC kids rival Cbbc, which will soon be online only. The Sky Kids channel will roll out to Sky linear TV as a 24 hour channel in February with originals including the Cotton-exec produced My Friend Misty, following an animated character who sets out to build emotional resilience in kids. Misty surprises a group of children in the show with magical visits, helping them to deal with their feelings both good and bad by providing a series of tips and practical exercises to support them in difficult situations. Cotton has presented on Cbbc, GMTV and Citv as well as the likes of Top of the Pops and Celebrity Juice. The show will be joined by new originals Ready,...

Let’s be honest: it’s been a minute since a truly great horror novel has staked its claim so unabashedly and confidently. Enter A Cosmology of Monsters. A labor of love for Alabama author Shaun Hamill, his first novel has pumped some much-needed new life into horror; effortlessly folding in fantasy elements while also not being afraid of leaning heavily into real-life horror themes scarier than any ghost. Hamill is helping usher in a new era of novelists who grew up on the works of Stephen King, Anne Rice, or H.P. Lovecraft, but also want to challenge the genre’s boundaries with what horror can say and how it’s said. Owning its horror influences proudly, there is a meta quality to Cosmology that sets it apart.

A true family saga, A Cosmology of Monsters is first and foremost grounded in multiple decades' worth of intergenerational trauma and constant loss,...