 By October 2002, Niles was working on adapting "30 Days of Night" for the big screen, keeping the film true to the miniseries, though fleshing out the characters more significantly in the adaptation process.In February 2003, Columbia Pictures partnered with Senator International to work on "30 Days of Night", which was developing under Senator International's newly established production company, Ghost House Pictures.Mike Richardson, the Dark Horse Comics publisher who supported the adaptation project from the beginning, after having turned down an offer to initially publish the project, was attached as executive producer.