Two cult Italian properties, spaghetti Western “Django” and Dario Argento chiller “Suspiria,” are set to be adapted into English-language TV skeins, in what amounts to a milestone deal for Italy’s TV industry and its efforts to become more international.

Atlantique Productions, the prominent French producer of high-end English-language drama series for the global market, and Cattleya, Italy’s top independent film and TV production company, have inked a co-development and co-production agreement to turn the two cult movies into TV series.

The first skein, “Django,” will be a re-imagining of Sergio Corbucci’s cult Western rooted in the high-concept spaghetti Western tradition, “but with the grit and edginess of modern television dramas,” a joint press release said.

Atlantique Productions acquired the rights to develop and produce an English-language television series based on Corbucci’s iconic 1966 Western which has spawned several sequels and homages, most notably Quentin Tarantino’s 2012 blockbuster “Django Unchained”.

The second skein, “Suspiria De Profundis,” is inspired by 19th century English writer Thomas De Quincey’s eponymous book, which was made into the classic Italian horror film “Suspiria” in 1977 by Dario Argento. Argento will serve as the series’ artistic supervisor.

“Suspiria De Profundis” will be an English-language period horror series in which the author De Quincey is the lead character. “Styled as a new Sherlock Holmes,” and set in London and Rome between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries, “the story will explore psychological fantasies of evil and attempt to solve fearful mysteries,” according to the press release. It added that “the storylines will reflect the clash between light and dark, progress and regression.”

Both Django and Suspiria De Profundis will be 12 episode 50 minutes’ series with storylines developing over multiple seasons.