The Bates Motel is getting new life, and yes, that does mean more unsuspecting people to terrorize and kill. A&E is about to begin development on not one, but TWO new potential series with one of them based on the popular cult classic film, Psycho.

The original film, Psycho, was a 1960 American suspense/horror film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh. The screenplay by Joseph Stefano is based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert Bloch.

The new A&E series’ will be called, “Bates Motel” and “Those Who Kill” which are from Imagine Television and Fox 21. The production of the shows were announced by Bob DeBitetto, President and General Manager, A&E and BIO Channel.

The official press release for the shows stated:

“Bates Motel” serves as a prequel to the most famous fright film of all-time, “Psycho.” A&E is currently in script development. “Bates Motel” will give viewers an intimate understanding of how Norman Bates’ psyche developed from his childhood through his teen years. Fans will have access to the dark, twisted backstory and learn first hand how his mother, Norma, and her lover damaged Norman, helping forge the most well-known serial killing motel owner in history.

“Those Who Kill” is a Danish format based on the bestselling work of author Elsebeth Egholm. A&E has secured the U.S. format for the critically acclaimed crime series in Denmark. The series is about violent criminals who are surrounded by fear and mystique- the serial killer. When murders are not grounded in traditional motives and patterns of behavior, it takes a very particular kind of person to catch the serial killer; someone who knows and understands the killer’s dark side and the fantasies that plague him. Someone like the two lead characters- a police detective that is trying to understand her own mysterious personal connection in to the mind of a serial killer, and a “profiler” (forensic psychiatrist), who both in very different ways possess a deep psychological understanding that connects them to the killer’s victims and to the killer himself, driving them to pursue each case to the end of the line, again and again.

“Bates Motel” will be produced by Universal Television and the script was written by Anthony Cipriano. It is being procuded for the A&E Network.

“Those Who Kill” is being produced by Imagine Television and Fox 21. The script for the pilot episode of the script will be written by Glen Morgan and it was announced that the series will be produced by Morgan, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo, Peter Bose and Jonas Allen.