Taika Waititi and Jude Law horror-comedy The Auteur confirmed by Showtime

Less than a week after it was first reported, Showtime has officially confirmed development of The Auteur, a new horror-comedy series from recent Oscar winner (!) Taika Waititi. Deadline has some new details on the series, which is based on the graphic novel by Rick Spears, James Callahan, and Luigi Anderson, and is described as “a gonzo horror-comedy, a twisted romance and a glamorous, high wire act of biting satire”—so basically it’s primo Taika Waititi material. Jude Law will headline the series as a film producer who, desperate for a hit horror film after a recent box office flop, unwittingly traps his production on the studio lot with a serial killer. Shenanigans, presumably of the very bloody and hilarious sort, likely ensue.