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Channel Zero” Creator Nick Antosca Adapting True ‘Abducted in Plain Sight’ Story as Limited Series Announced today, UCP, a division of NBCUniversal Content Studios, and Nick Antosca (“The Act,” “Channel Zero”) have won the rights to Jan Broberg’s stranger-than-fiction story, with plans to turn the real-life tale into a limited series. The story had recently been told in Netflix’s shocking documentary Abducted in Plain Sight. The untitled Jan Broberg project is a limited series following the bizarre true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years by a charismatic, obsessed family “friend.” The Brobergs —devoted to their faith, family, and community — were utterly unprepared for the sophisticated tactics their neighbor used to exploit their vulnerabilities, drive them apart, and turn their daughter against them. This is the story of how their lives were permanently altered — and how they survived. Antosca, under his production banner Eat the Cat, will write and executive produce via his overall deal with UCP. Both Jan and her mother, Mary Ann Broberg, will serve as producers. Alex Hedlund of Eat the Cat will co-executive produce. Skye Borgman of Top Knot Films will serve as a consulting producer. Antosca is also currently working on Don Mancini’s “Chucky” series.

‘Silence of the Lambs’ Sequel Project “Clarice” Gets Series Pickup Order from CBS CBS had recently ordered up a pilot episode for a potential Silence of the Lambs sequel series titled “Clarice,” and THR reports today that the project has now been given a series pickup for the 2020-21 broadcast season. Rebecca Breeds (“Pretty Little Liars”) will star as Clarice Starling, with the cast also including Kal Penn (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle), Nick Sandow (“Orange is the New Black”) and Michael Cudlitz (“The Walking Dead”). “Clarice is set in 1993, a year after the events of The Silence of the Lambs. The series is a deep dive into the untold personal story of Clarice Starling, as she returns to the field to pursue serial murderers and sexual predators while navigating the high stakes political world of Washington, D.C.” “Brilliant and vulnerable, Clarice graduated Magna from UVA with a double major in Psych and Criminology. Her bravery gives her an inner light that draws monsters and madmen to her. Her complex psychological makeup comes from a challenging childhood, and her drive comes from her need to escape the burden of family secrets that have haunted her throughout her life.” The project is written and executive produced by Alex Kurtzman and Jenny Lumet.

Comic Book Adaptation “Sweet Tooth” Gets a Series Order from Netflix With Jim Mickle Directing Set in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by human/animal hybrids, Jeff Lemire’s comic series Sweet Tooth debuted on the scene back in 2009 via Vertigo Entertainment, and Hulu had been attached to bring the comics to the small screen just a couple years ago. We’ve learned via Deadline, however, that the series is now at Netflix. Netflix has given an eight-episode pick-up to Team Downey and Warner Bros. TV’s hour-long series “Sweet Tooth,” with Jim Mickle (Stake Land, “Hap and Leonard”) still on board to direct. Mickle had also been attached to the Hulu version of the project. “Sweet Tooth follows the adventures of Gus — part deer, part boy — who leaves his home in the forest to find the outside world ravaged by a cataclysmic event. He joins a ragtag family of humans and animal-children hybrids like himself in search of answers about this new world and the mystery behind his hybrid origins.” Christian Convery (Beautiful Boy), Nonso Anozie (The Laundromat), Adeel Akhtar (Les Misérables) and Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth) will star, with James Brolin as the voice of the narrator. Mickle will also write, executive produce and co-showrun “Sweet Tooth” alongside Beth Schwartz (“Arrow”). Producers also include Team Downey’s Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, Amanda Burrell and Evan Moore, as well as Linda Moran. https://bloody-disgusting.com

Anne Rice’s “The Vampire Chronicles” Acquired by AMC for Film and Television Projects Anne Rice was shopping around a massive television and film package for both The Vampire Chronicles and The Lives of the Mayfair Witches, and Variety reports today that AMC Networks has acquired the package and therefore landed the rights to all novels in both series’. Variety explains, “AMC now holds the comprehensive rights for the much sought-after intellectual property and will develop film and television projects for its own television networks and streaming services under the AMC Studios umbrella as well as external partner licensing. Anne Rice and her son Christopher Rice will serve as executive producers on all series and films developed under the deal.” “The deal encompasses 18 titles between the two book series, which together have sold more than 150 million copies worldwide,” the site adds. “It’s always been my dream to see the worlds of my two biggest series united under a single roof so that filmmakers could explore the expansive and interconnected universe of my vampires and witches,” said Anne Rice. “That dream is now a reality, and the result is one of the most significant and thrilling deals of my long career.” Rolin Jones (“Friday Night Lights”) is on board to develop these projects for AMC. The Anne Rice catalog that AMC Networks is acquiring features The Vampire Chronicles series: Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, Memnoch The Devil, The Vampire Armand, Pandora, Vittorio the Vampire, Blood and Gold, Prince Lestat, Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis, and Blood Communion: A Tale of Prince Lestat; The Lives of The Mayfair Witches series: The Witching Hour, Lasher, Taltos; and The Vampire Chronicles/The Lives Of The Mayfair Witches crossover novels: Merrick, Blackwood Farm and Blood Canticle.

Freeform’s 90s-Set Thriller Series “Last Summer” Becomes “Cruel Summer” With Olivia Holt Starring Freeform ordered the Jessica Biel-produced thriller “Last Summer” to series early this year, but Deadline reports today that the series has been re-titled to the more sinister-sounding “Cruel Summer.” Additionally, Olivia Holt (“Cloak & Dagger”) has been set to star. “In the series, from Bert V. Royal, Jessica Biel and eOne, Holt will play one of the two lead characters, Kate, the embodiment of teenage perfection whose life is one to be envied until she mysteriously disappears.” Mika Abdalla had played this role in the show’s pilot episode. “Cruel Summer takes place over three summers–’93, ’94, ’95–in a small Texas town when a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America.” “Each episode is told from the POV of one of the two main girls (Jeanette and Kate), which will have the viewers loyalties constantly shifting as more information is revealed.” “Cruel Summer” is expected to air in 2021. https://bloody-disgusting.com

Stephen King‘s “The Stand” has been a hot topic of discussion ever since the coronavirus began ravaging the United States, with many – including King himself – comparing the fictional events of the epic novel to the very real events playing out before us today. Of course, as King has been quick to point out, the novel’s pandemic is (thankfully) a whole lot worse. In any event, it’s interesting that CBS All Access was filming an adaptation of King’s “The Stand” at the time productions across the world were forced to shut down, with Josh Boone (The New Mutants) at the helm. As noted in a piece run by Vanity Fair, the series was mostly finished and will still be airing as planned, and we’ve got some first look photos today. The series will bring to life King’s vision of a world decimated by plague and embroiled in an elemental struggle between good and evil. The fate of mankind rests on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail and a handful of survivors. Their worst nightmares are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the Dark Man. The cast includes Alexander Skarsgård as Randall Flagg and Whoopi Goldberg as Mother Abagail, and Vanity Fair’s piece provides us with our first look at those characters and more. You can check out some of the images that originally ran in their piece below, and we encourage you to head over to Vanity Fair to learn/see much more from the upcoming show. The cast also includes Jovan Adepo, Owen Teague, Greg Kinnear, Brad William Henke, Nat Wolff, Daniel Sunjata, James Marsden, Amber Heard, Odessa Young, Eion Bailey, Katherine McNamara, Heather Graham, Marilyn Manson, Hamish Linklater and Henry Zaga. Showrunners for “The Stand” are Benjamin Cavell and Taylor Elmore (“Justified”). Provided to Vanity Fair by CBS. https://bloody-disgusting.com/

Don Mancini Teases “Chucky” TV Series; “Chucky Has a Different Goal Than He’s Ever Had Before” the team discussed when Season 10 will begin filming, and other things he can’t talk about at this time. the team discussed when Season 10 will begin filming, and other things he can’t talk about at this time.all Hollywood productions during the coronavirus pandemic, filming of the upcoming 10th season is in limbo, with no start date set yet. The (original) Child’s Play franchise is headed to the small screen with Syfy‘s upcoming “Chucky,” which hails from franchise creator Don Mancini and “Channel Zero” mastermind Nick Antosca. Mancini has promised a “fresh take on the franchise” with a series that’ll “explore Chucky’s character with a depth that is uniquely afforded by the television series format.” Chatting with Syfy Wire ahead of this Thursday night’s (May 21) Child’s Play watch party over on Twitter, Mancini provides a bit more insight into what we can expect from the series. “With this TV show, our mission has been to preserve the straightforward scariness of the original film or the first couple of films,” Mancini explains. “But at the same time, continue on with this ever-expanding tapestry of consistent story that we’ve spun over the course of seven movies and 30-some years. I think fans are really gonna love to see the new characters that we introduce into this realm and just to see how they came off of our classic characters. Not just Chucky, but some of the others that you may be hoping to see. There’s a good chance they may turn up.” Jennifer Tilly, on that particular note, has already confirmed she’ll be back. Mancini also teased in his chat with Syfy Wire, “I think the prospect of seeing Chucky sharpen his skills and add to his toolbox, some of the technical goodies that we have at our disposal now, that’s something I think people will find pretty interesting. It’s so important to give Chucky new weapons, new strategies, and new targets, new goals. Chucky has a different goal in the TV show than he’s ever had before and it’s specifically something that is designed to evoke something that’s going on in the zeitgeist today.” In the upcoming series, which had been set to begin filming this summer before the ongoing coronavirus pandemic halted all productions, “After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies — and allies — from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll’s untold origins as a seemingly ordinary child who somehow became this notorious monster.”

FX Moving Forward with “American Horror Stories” Spinoff Series https://bloody-disgusting.com After an Instagram tease by “American Horror Story” creator Ryan Murphy, FX is officially moving forward with “American Horror Stories,” their spinoff series that will feature “one-hour contained episodes.” Deadline reports that FX has given a formal green light to the series that will launch alongside “American Horror Story”, which has been renewed through season 13. While a standalone series, it wouldn’t be surprising to see some overlap between the two, being that “AHS” has canonized the entire series. As for “American Horror Story”, the site notes that like. In other words, it sounds like there won’t be season-long themes/storylines for “American Horror Stories,” but rather it’ll be a true horror anthology series with a new/standalone horror story told in each episode. Murphy writes on Instagram that he and the “AHS” cast discussed the spinoff in a recent Zoom chat, but what’s a little bit strange is that the photo included with the post is actually fan-made. Instagram fan page The Horror Story posted it just yesterday, imagining a Zoom reunion that hadn’t actually taken place. It would seem, however, that though the image is fake, there indeed was a legitimate Zoom hangout between Murphy and the cast. And Murphy’s caption, wherein he announces “American Horror Stories,” seems to be quite genuine.

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