The repeated rejections eight agents and half a dozen publishers turned Mr. McGreevy down just fed his determination.
WSJ: 'Hemlock Grove': A Literary Teen-Werewolf Novel, Headed to Netflix
Mr McGreevy also ruled out the possibility of a new train stop at City of Derry Airport.
Mr. McGreevy, who lives in Los Angeles, struggled to find a publisher for the novel, which he spent six years writing.
WSJ: 'Hemlock Grove': A Literary Teen-Werewolf Novel, Headed to Netflix
Mr. McGreevy thought his story might be a better fit for television, but he couldn't imagine it as a network show.
WSJ: 'Hemlock Grove': A Literary Teen-Werewolf Novel, Headed to Netflix
On Tuesday, Translink's general manager of rail services Mal McGreevy confirmed that even if the money was available, the 2013 deadline could not be met.
Mr. McGreevy took his pitch to Netflix, with the conditions that he would write the series and be an executive producer, and that the R-rated content would remain.
WSJ: 'Hemlock Grove': A Literary Teen-Werewolf Novel, Headed to Netflix
Around the time Mr. McGreevy was looking for a television deal, new media companies such as Hulu, YouTube and Netflix were beginning to develop original content for the Web.
WSJ: 'Hemlock Grove': A Literary Teen-Werewolf Novel, Headed to Netflix
Mr. McGreevy will write and executive-produce with Mr. Shipman.
WSJ: 'Hemlock Grove': A Literary Teen-Werewolf Novel, Headed to Netflix
Most of the studio executives envisioned a PG-13 blockbuster on the model of "Twilight" or "The Hunger Games, " but Mr. McGreevy wanted the movie to match the novel's tricky tone and adult content.
WSJ: 'Hemlock Grove': A Literary Teen-Werewolf Novel, Headed to Netflix
Mr. McGreevy says television, and streaming Web television in particular, felt like the ideal medium to tell his horror story, with the possibility for long narrative arcs, gradual character development and more realistic dialogue.
WSJ: 'Hemlock Grove': A Literary Teen-Werewolf Novel, Headed to Netflix
Speaking to Coleraine councillors on Tuesday, Mr McGreevy said that the upgrade was now more than a year behind and, even with the original plan, the project would only have been finished by early 2013.
Mr. McGreevy was used to hearing no.
WSJ: 'Hemlock Grove': A Literary Teen-Werewolf Novel, Headed to Netflix
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