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Josh Cooley & Sam Raimi To Develop ’99 Nights In The Forest’

by Thomas Tuna
written by Thomas Tuna

Josh Cooley has inked a deal to pen 99 Nights in the Forest, an adaptation of the popular video game for 20th Century Studios, according to a report on Deadline.

Evil Dead alum Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert are set to produce for Ghost House Pictures.

Produced by Grandma’s Favourite Games, 99 Nights in the Forest is an action-survival game where players must survive 99 nights in a haunted forest while attempting to rescue four lost children and survive the vicious deer and other beasts.

Not even a year after its launch, the game has already become the 7th most-played game of all time on Roblox, racking up nearly 26 billion lifetime visits and an impressive 90.6% player rating.

Stay tuned to Horror News Network for more on 99 Nights In The Forest.

 

Thomas A. Tuna is a comic book veteran who began his writing career back in the ’70s with Charlton Comics, contributing to such horror titles as Ghost Manor, Haunted, The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves and Ghostly Haunts. Most recently, he has served as a writer and editor (with more than a smattering of horror yarns) for such comic book websites as Hyper Epics and Red Moon Features. Some of his favorite horror flicks include Jaws, Salem’s Lot, Dracula (with Frank Langella) and Blade. His favorite horror comic books? Tomb of Dracula (by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan) and Swamp Thing (by Len Wein and Berni Wrightson).