A brand new Jonestown sequence is within the works at HBO, and Bill Hader is on board because the co-writer together with Daniel Zelman. The present is claimed to be at the moment in its early phases of improvement. The upcoming sequence might be primarily based on Jim Jones and the occasions that occurred in his Peoples Temple, infamously referred to as Jonestown.
Invoice Hader and Daniel Zelman growing new Jonestown sequence for HBO
In line with a current report by Variety, an insider has revealed {that a} new Jonestown sequence is at the moment being developed at HBO.
Though not a lot details about the mission has been launched, the outlet reported that actor and director Invoice Hader has joined the mission as a author. He might be assisted in writing by Bloodline author and producer Daniel Zelman.
Aside from serving as a author on the brand new Jonestown sequence, the previous Saturday Evening Dwell forged member can also be the showrunner and govt producer of the sequence, together with Zelman. Hader will even take up the directing duties if improvement on the present continues, stated the insider. Particulars relating to the forged of the present aren’t obtainable, nevertheless, it’s acknowledged that Hader may additionally star within the sequence in an undisclosed position.
The upcoming sequence is reportedly completely different from the Jonestown cult sequence that HBO was engaged on in 2016. For the mission being developed in 2016, HBO was working with govt producers Michelle MacLaren and Vince Gilligan to develop a miniseries. Nevertheless, the mission got here to a halt and didn’t transfer ahead.
Hader and Zelman’s Jonestown sequence will deal with the notorious cult chief Jim Jones and his Peoples Temple Agricultural Challenge, which was referred to as Jonestown. Jonestown was established by Jones within the Nineteen Fifties, and it instantly turned the middle of world consideration after the murder-suicide of greater than 900 members of the ability in 1978.
The occasion got here to be referred to as the Jonestown bloodbath, and there have been quite a few diversifications of the occasions and books primarily based on them.
