One of my all-time favorite shows to date is Showtime's DEXTER, which continues on to its third season this fall. This evening I was treated to some fantastic news as it was announced that Showtime is reteaming with DEXTER executive producer Sara Colleton for EXTERMINATORS, a new project based on the comic by Vertigo/DC Comics. Read on for more details.
Created by Simon Oliver and Tony Moore, the comic centers on an ex-con who joins an exterminator company, working with a freakish supporting cast of characters. A mystery surrounding his girlfriend and the manufacturer of an insect poison percolates on the periphery, and the insects are much more dangerous than they seem.
The deal with Showtime marks a full circle for "Exterminators," which has been described as "Six Feet Under" in the world of pest control. The project, now in development at the pay cable network, is said to have been originally conceived by writer Oliver as a TV pitch.
In its Showtime incarnation, "Exterminators" will revolve around the Bug-Be-Gone crew, an extended dysfunctional family of exterminators whose greatest enemies aren't the insects and rodents they meet and kill on a daily basis but rather their own self doubts, vices and inner demons.
