Former Public Enemy hypeman turned reality TV bafoon Flavor Flav, and director Deon Taylor have confirmed an agreement to continue their BET movie Nite Tales as an anthology TV series. The original movie aired on The Negro Network this past Halloween and is currently set for a DVD release on February 3. According to the Hollywood Reporter, director Den Taylor describes the new show as a cross between Tales From the Crypt and The Twilight Zone. Flavor Flav, whose movie role was similar to the “Cyrptkeeper” narrator of the former series (which is appropriate, since he looks just like the cryptkeeper), will reprise his character for the television show. Since younger audiences are likely not familiar with these older programs, Taylor states that the new series will specifically target those demographics. If the show does well, a new Nite Tales movie will premier every year, similar to the popular Saw movie series. At press time, BET’s Nite Tales is tentatively scheduled to premier this year as a weekly series. What I'm wondering is will the series be well written, well acted and inspiring like the Rod Serling series,with a dash of HBO's TFTC, or unwatchable like The new Twilight Zone, when Forest Whitaker took over on UPN?
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