James Wan to Produce Adaptation of Horror Podcast, Archive 81, for Netflix
Also, by the way, this will NOT impact the production of the podcast. We still have complete creative control of that, and we plan to keep making everything weird and confrontational and vaguely alienating.
- Archive 81 (@Archive81) October 26, 2020
James Wan is set to produce a loose 8-episode adaptation of season 1 of the Archive 81 podcast (which currently has three seasons). Rebecca Sonnenshine (The Boys, Vampire Diaries) will be the showrunner/EP, and the show will star Mamoudou Athie and Dina Shihabi. The original creators of the podcast will also serve as co-producers.
The show will follow archivist Dan Turner (Athie), who takes a job restoring a collection of damaged videotapes from 1994. Reconstructing the work of documentary filmmaker Melody Pendras (Shihabi) and her investigation into a dangerous cult, he becomes convinced he can save her from the terrifying end she met 25 years ago.
“With ‘Archive 81,’ we’re hoping to give the supernatural horror genre a new twist - while keeping a dark, deeply emotional romance as its core. Alongside the talented Mamoudou Athie and Dina Shihabi, and visionary partners Atomic Monster and Rebecca Thomas, I’m excited to take Netflix viewers on a terrifying and visually thrilling adventure," said Sonnenshine in a statement.
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