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Amazon Orders Pilot for “Sweeney Todd”-Inspired Cannibal Series “The Horror of Dolores Roach”
Amazon Studios has ordered a pilot for “The Horror of Dolores Roach”, based on the hit Gimlet podcast, with The Purge: Anarchy‘s Justina Machado set to star in the title role, reports Deadline.
Roxann Dawson is attached to direct and executive produce the pilot, which hails from Blumhouse Television, which won the rights to adapt the podcast in 2019 in a competitive situation, and Spotify.
“Written and directed by podcast creator Aaron Mark, ‘The Horror of Dolores Roach’ originally was developed by Mark as a one-woman play starring Daphne Rubin-Vega. It is a grotesque ‘Sweeney Todd’-inspired tale of eat or be eaten — a macabre urban legend of love, betrayal, weed, gentrification, cannibalism and survival of the fittest.”
“‘Magic Hands’ Dolores Roach (Machado) is released from prison after 16 years and returns to a severely gentrified Washington Heights with $200 and the clothes on her back. With her boyfriend missing, her family long gone and her apartment now occupied by strangers, Dolores finds respite in the dilapidated storefront Empanada Loca around the corner — the only remnant of her former life.”
Mark penned the pilot script and will executive produce alongside Home Before Dark co-creator Dara Resnik and Rubin-Vega. Jason Blum, Chris McCumber and Jeremy Gold of Blumhouse Television and Chris Giliberti and Justin McGoldrick of Spotify also will executive produce.
Prime Video’s horror anthology series “Them” returns this week with brand new season “Them: The Scare,” which will premiere worldwide on Prime Video beginning April 25, 2024.
The best news? ALL episodes will be available upon release. Can’t wait? Whet your appetite for terror by watching an exclusive clip below, featuring the iconic Pam Grier! Intense carrot cutting scenes are a staple in the horror genre, and this is damn sure one of them…
The first season of “Them” (now retroactively dubbed “Covenant”) debuted back in 2021, and this second installment of the anthology series will consist of eight episodes.
“Them: The Scare” will once again be set in Los Angeles…
The story centers on LAPD Homicide Detective Dawn Reeve, who is assigned to a new case: the gruesome murder of a foster home mother that has left even the most hardened detectives shaken. Navigating a tumultuous time in Los Angeles, with a city on the razor’s edge of chaos, Dawn is determined to stop the killer.
But as she draws closer to the truth, something ominous and malevolent grips her and her family…
The series cast includes Deborah Ayorinde as “Detective Dawn Reeve,” Pam Grier as “Athena,” and Grammy-nominated musician and actor Luke James as “Edmund Gaines.”
Rounding out the cast for the second season of “Them” are Joshua J. Williams, Jeremy Bobb, Wayne Knight, Carlito Olivero, Charles Brice, and Iman Shumpert.
“Them: The Scare” is a co-production of Sony Pictures Television and Amazon MGM Studios. Series creator Little Marvin serves as showrunner and executive producer with Miri Yoon and Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment and Steve Prinz.
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