Guillermo del Toro is teaming up with HBO to develop a new series called Monster, which is based on the Japanese Manga series created by Naoki Urasawa. Del Toro is set to co-write the series with Steven Thompson who has worked on the BBC series' Doctor Who and Sherlock. The filmmaker also plans on directing the pilot.
I've never read the Manga, but the thriller "is about the worldwide search by a young doctor for the most evil sociopath that has ever lived. He is a 12-year old boy, and the doctor’s decision to save his life has unwittingly unleashed a Pandora’s Box that leaves the doc battling to stop a plot of mass genocide."
This sounds like it could be an amazing series. With these two talented guys bringing it to life, it's sure to be something that we'll enjoy! He's also teaming back up with producers Don Murphy and Susan Montford, who worked with him on trying to get At The Mountains Of Madness made.
According to Deadline, the project was originally set up to be turned into a feature film with New Line Cinema, but it didn't happen because the project "proved too sprawling to confined to a feature film." So it seems like a TV series on HBO would the best way to tell this huge story.