Showtime buggy over 'Exterminators'

'Dexter' producer on board for comic book adaptation

By Nellie Andreeva and Borys Kit

July 9, 2008, 01:00 AM ET

Showtime is reteaming with "Dexter" executive producer Sara Colleton for "Exterminators," a drama project based on the comic by Vertigo/DC Comics.

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.

Showtime buggy over 'Exterminators'

'Dexter' producer on board for comic book adaptation

By Nellie Andreeva and Borys Kit

July 9, 2008, 01:00 AM ET