Showtime catches bug from comics tale

By Nellie Andreeva and Borys Kit

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Showtime is developing a drama based on the Vertigo/DC Comics title "Exterminators," which has been described as "Six Feet Under" in the world of insect control.

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.

In its incarnation on the premium cable channel, "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.

"Exterminators" was created by Simon Oliver and Tony Moore. Simon is said to have been originally conceived the project as a TV pitch.

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