The creator behind the critically acclaimed Misplaced, The Leftovers, and Watchmen, Damon Lindelof, has discovered his subsequent challenge. And it sounds each bit as twisted and terrifying as his earlier endeavors, all of which have achieved completely different ranges of phenomena. HBO has now given an eight-episode, straight-to-series order for Lindelof’s adaptation of suspense thriller The Chain, with a brand new restricted collection written and govt produced by the Emmy-winner within the works.
Based mostly on the acclaimed New York Instances bestselling ebook by Adrian McKinty of the identical title, The Chain is the primary challenge underneath this cope with the Emmy-nominated tv studio Media Res (The Morning Present, Pachinko) serving because the co-studio. Particulars are being stored underneath wraps, however Lindelof is claimed to be increasing the mythology of McKinty’s award-winning thriller. Lindelof will showrun, a place he has not held since HBO’s Watchmen, which itself expanded on the world created by seminal author Alan Moore.
Whereas particular particulars about Lindelof’s plan for The Chain, the achingly intriguing synopsis for the novel by Adrian McKinty ought to present some clues relating to the HBO thriller to come back…
YOUR PHONE RINGS.
A STRANGER HAS KIDNAPPED YOUR CHILD.
TO FREE THEM YOU MUST ABDUCT SOMEONE ELSE’S CHILD.
YOUR CHILD WILL BE RELEASED WHEN YOUR VICTIM’S PARENTS KIDNAP ANOTHER CHILD.
IF ANY OF THESE THINGS DON’T HAPPEN:
YOUR CHILD WILL BE KILLED.
VICTIM. SURVIVOR. ABDUCTOR. CRIMINAL.
YOU WILL BECOME EACH ONE.
YOU ARE NOW PART OF THE CHAIN
‘The Chain’ Is Brimming With “Darkish, Bizarre, Exhilarating Touches”
HBO Authentic restricted collection The Chain is written and govt produced by Damon Lindelof. The pilot story is by Damon Lindelof, Carly Wray, and Breannah Gibson, with Lindelof and Wray writing the pilot script. Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer function govt producers for Media Res, the co-studio behind the collection. Shane Salerno serves as govt producer. Based mostly on the ebook “The Chain” by Adrian McKinty, who additionally serves as co-executive producer.
Francesca Orsi, EVP, HBO Programming, Head of HBO Drama Sequence and Movies, stated ofthe collection: “We’re honored by our continued partnership with Damon Lindelof, one of the crucial singular and distinctive creators of our time. THE CHAIN guarantees to proceed his legacy of dropping us into the pit of the human mind and delivering in methods not solely emotionally daring however, in the end, transformative.”
Damon Lindelof, in the meantime, revealed his eagerness to convey the wild premise to life, saying that he was “shocked, stunned and indignant I hadn’t considered it myself.”
“From the second I heard the wild and unique premise of Adrian’s ebook, I used to be shocked, stunned and indignant I hadn’t considered it myself. I’ve at all times needed to attempt to adapt a terrific thriller and this one has all of the darkish, bizarre, exhilarating touches that fireside up my creativeness. I really feel so lucky to reteam with Francesca, Casey and Michael, who first introduced me to HBO fifteen years in the past and I can’t wait to make THE CHAIN a memorable hyperlink of their excellent legacy.”