A gritty, neo-western vampire TV series is on the way from Paramount Television, Jessica Biel, and her production company, Iron Ocean Productions.
Biel is producing alongside her production partner and Iron Ocean co-founder, Michelle Purple.
The series will be based on Keith Rosson’s horror novel Coffin Moon, which was first published in September 2025. The novel has been described as True Grit, but with vampires.
The audio version of the novel was recently named a finalist for an Audie Award in Best Horror, and the book received a Goodreads Choice Award nomination for Horror.
Stephen King previously sang the book's praises, writing on social media, "This is mind-blowingly good. A horror novel that will keep you awake long after you turn the last page."
The writing team of Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, Painkiller) will write the series and serve as showrunners. Rosson will have a role as a consultant.
No cast members or production schedules have been announced yet, as the series is still in early development. Biel is expected to only produce and not star in the TV series.
Per Amazon, the official synopsis for the Coffin Moon novella reads, "It's the winter of 1975, and Portland, Oregon, is all sleet and neon. Duane Minor is back home after a tour in Vietnam, a bartender just trying to stay sober; save his marriage with his wife, Heidi; and connect with his thirteen-year-old niece, Julia, now that he's responsible for raising her. Things aren't easy, but Minor is scraping by.
Then a vampire walks into his bar and ruins his life.
When Minor crosses John Varley, a killer who sleeps during the day beneath loose drifts of earth and grows teeth in the light of the moon, Varley brutally retaliates by murdering Heidi, leaving Minor broken with guilt and Julia filled with rage. What's left of their splintered family is united by only one desire: vengeance.
So begins a furious, frenzied pursuit across the Pacific Northwest and beyond. From grimy alleyways to desolate highways to snow-lashed plains, Minor and Julia are thrust into the dark orbit of undead children, silver bullet casters, and the bevy of broken men transfixed by Varley's ferocity. Everyone's out for blood."
The novel also appeared on Vulture's list of the best books of 2025, where the site wrote, "There is as much of Easy Rider or The Deer Hunter as there is Nosferatu in the blue-collar, countercultural world the characters move through, hell-bent on revenge at all costs. Unabashedly masculine and reveling in (un)righteous violence, it reads like a Tom Waits song written for Halloween, or Nick Cave at his most bloody-minded. "