In July 2002, Senator International acquired the rights for 30 Days of Night in a seven-figure deal with Raimi and Tapert attached as producers. Raimi expressed interest in adapting the miniseries and was negotiating a production deal with his producing partner to establish a label with Senator Entertainment, of which Senator International is the sales division. Following the publication of the in 2002, studios, including, and Senator International, bid in the $1 million range for rights to a potential vampire film based on the story. According to Raimi, the potential project was 'unlike the horror films of recent years'. When Niles and his agent, Jon Levin, shopped the comic around again as a potential film adaptation, Niles found that the idea 'went shockingly well,' with and Senator International picking up the property rights based on the original concept and Templesmith's unique mood and concepts for the vampires. As the month comes to an end, with the sun due to rise, the vampires start to burn down the town to destroy evidence of their presence, and prevent any survivors from telling the world what happened. Eben and Billy make it to the utilidor but are attacked by Arvin, who bites Billy Billy knocks Arvin into the heavy-duty shredder, and in doing so, painfully grinds his own hand to a stump by accident, before being killed by Eben because he is starting to turn. The trio find the others have made for the, a power and sewage treatment station that still has power, and head over there but are separated after Stella saves Gail Robbins, a young girl whose family was slaughtered by a vampire named Zurial who was stalking her. Two weeks later, Stella and Eben see the deputy, Billy, signaling them with a flashlight and bring him back to the station, after finding out he killed his family to save them from a more painful death. Eben arrives at the station, where he is then forced to kill Carter, who has been bitten and is turning into a vampire. As he escapes, the town snow plow operator, Beau, creates another distraction with his tractor, killing many of the vampires, before trying to blow himself up when he fails, Marlow crushes his head. While the group heads for the station, Eben creates a diversion by having the vampires chase him to his grandmother's house, where he uses one of her ultraviolet lights to burn the face of Marlow's lover, Iris, so badly that Marlow is forced to kill her.
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