It was reported last year that fans would be returning to the most frightening guest house with a television adaptation of Hostel, adapted from the popular horror film franchise of the same name, and we now have a major update on that front. The series has landed at Peacock for development and is currently being fast-tracked for production, according to Variety. Plot details remain slim, but the show does have a recent Oscar nominee attached.

The series is set to star Paul Giamatti, and it seems that the iteration of the show at Peacock is largely the same as first reported. Hostel will be based on the horror franchise that first premiered in 2006. The original film, directed by Eli Roth, followed a group of college students who take a trip to Eastern Europe. But things go bad when they are abducted in Slovakia by a group known as the Elite Hunting Club, a group of wealthy clients who pay to torture and kill people. The popular film launched a set of sequels, including Hostel: Part II and Hostel: Part III.

While the original film’s cast hasn’t been reported to be returning for the Peacock show, Roth himself is, and is set to direct, write, and executive produce Hostel alongside Chris Briggs and Mike Fleiss, who produced all three Hostel films. The show comes from Fifth Season, best known for its widely successful Apple TV+ series Severance.

Giamatti Has An Extended Career

With Giamatti, Hostel has one of the most notable actors of his generation attached to the show. Following breakout roles in the 1990s for Private Parts and Saving Private Ryan, Giamatti became a venerated name throughout the 2000s in films like The Ides of March, Saving Mr. Banks, 12 Years a Slave, Cinderella Man, and Straight Outta Compton, as well as critical acclaim for playing the title character in HBO‘s John Adams miniseries.

Most recently, Giamatti garnered acclaim for his role as a gruff New England boarding school teacher in The Holdovers. Giamatti, along with the film itself, was widely considered one of the best films of 2023 for its portrayal of the relationship between Giamatti‘s character and his students. Beyond an Academy Award nomination for Giamatti, the film was also nominated for Best Picture and won Da’Vine Joy Randolph the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress.

No release window for the Hostel series has been announced. The original films are streaming now.

via Collider