The popular Serial podcast is coming to television!
Having already conquered internet cynicism by successfully rebooting 21 Jump Street and turning LEGOs into a full-fledged movie franchise, filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller have set their sights on their next gigantic task. The Hollywood Reporter brings word that Lord and Miller will adapt the popular Serial podcast, which debuted just last year.
Specific details on what the series will be are being kept under wraps, but the outlet reports that the plan is “to create a cable series based on the experience of making the hugely successful podcast” and not about the specific case from the series detailing the murder investigation of Hae Min Lee and the arrest of Adnan Syed.
THR reports that Lord and Miller pitched their vision of the series to creator Sarah Koenig and her producers who responded positively to the idea.
“From the very first week of Serial’s release last fall, everyone at Fox 21TVS was obsessed with the podcast. One year later, thanks to the incredible passion of Chris and Phil, who flew to New York and shared their vision with Sarah, Julie [Synder], Alissa [Shipp] and Ira [Glass] for what the series could be, we’re moving forward on this exciting project,” said Fox 21 TV Studios president Bert Salke. “What you have here is a ‘once every ten years creative storytelling phenom’ with a ‘once in ten years take’ with a ‘once in twenty-five years creative team.’ We are confident we’ll attract a spectacular writer and look forward to pitching it to outlets very soon.”
Serial’s Julie Snyder adds, “Chris and Phil take an unexpected approach to telling stories and that is so appealing to us at Serial. They experiment. They don’t mimic formulas. Developing a show with them is exciting because we feel like we speak the same language, only they’re smarter than us.”
The hunt is currently on for a writer/producer to spearhead the project which they will then pitch to networks.
Lord and Miller have a number of other high-profile projects in the pipeline, including a 21 Jump Street/Men in Black combo film, the animated Spider-Man movie, The Flash movie, and a Han Solo movie.
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