“Riverdale” and “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has a new horror series in the works titled “The Shelley Society” whose pilot has now been ordered by HBO Max.
A combination of romance and Gothic horror, the series is being described by Deadline as “a Victorian X-Files.”
“Young author Mary Shelley leads a band of Romantic outlaws – among them, her lovers Percy and Lord Byron – against all manner of supernatural threats and monsters…including Frankenstein author Shell’s own iconic creature”
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa co-created the series with Tessa Leigh Williams and James DeWille.