Sylvester Stallone and Channing Powell Developing Serial Killer Series Based on ‘The Fourth Monkey’ Novels

Sylvester Stallone and Channing Powell Developing Serial Killer Series Based on ‘The Fourth Monkey’ Novels

May 20, 2026 Dread Central

Sylvester Stallone is teaming with Channing Powell (“The Walking Dead”) to develop a series adaptation of J.D. Barker‘s The Fourth Monkey novels through Balboa Productions, reports Deadline.

“Set in Chicago, Barker’s novels follow Detective Sam Porter as he hunts the elusive Four Monkey Killer, a murderer who has terrorized the city for years with a chilling and highly...