Sarah Snook to Star in 'The Birds' Limited Series; TV Show Will Be New Take on Classic Story
The series reimagines Hitchcock’s classic with a murder mystery and bird attacks as nature turns hostile, led by Emmy winner Sarah Snook.
- Emmy winner Sarah Snook will star in a new limited series adaptation of 'The Birds,' described as a "visceral, present-day reimagining" of the 1963 film produced by Universal International Studios.
- Writer Tom Spezialy, who executive produced Watchmen and The Leftovers, is penning the series after Universal International Studios developed it for over a year, reuniting Snook with the studio following All Her Fault.
- Set in Alaska, the series follows traveling magistrate Myra Massey investigating a childhood friend's murder while facing hostile bird attacks, relying on herself rather than the damsel-in-distress archetype of the original film.
- Executive producers include Spezialy, Snook, and David Heyman via Heyday Television, his joint venture with Universal International Studios; Heyman previously produced the Harry Potter movie franchise.
- Inspired by Daphne du Maurier's 1952 short story rather than Alfred Hitchcock's film, the project marks the first successful attempt to remake the title after multiple efforts over sixty-three years failed to materialize.
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Sarah Snook to battle crap-ton of birds in TV remake of… The Birds
Having previously battled against her failson TV brothers (in Succession) and the specter of child abduction (in her recent Peacock series All Her Fault), Sarah Snook is now set to face the most terrifying threat of all: A pissed-off mallard with murder on its mind. Or maybe a goose with a grudge, or a sparrow with sanguine intent. The point is, Snook is about to have to fight a whole fuck-ton of birds, as Deadline reports that she’s signed on f…
Sarah Snook to Star in 'The Birds' Limited Series; TV Show Will Be New Take on Classic Story
Getty Sarah Snook will star in an upcoming limited TV series adaptation of the classic Hitchcock movie The Birds, though it will be a brand new take. The Emmy-winning Succession star will play a new female protagonist named Myra Massey in the present-day reimagining of the classic story, according to Deadline. The new show follows “traveling magistrate Myra Massey (Snook) as she returns to her isolated Alaskan hometown for a routine presumptive …
'The Birds' is Getting a Limited Series Remake Starring Sarah Snook
Amongst the Alfred Hitchcock classics, The Birds always stands out as one of his more unique efforts. The simplicity of the horror concept has always been a hook, as is the terrifying nature of these animals turning on humans. Well, a new version of the film is coming, this time to the small screen, with Sarah Snook set for the lead role. More below. According to Deadline, Snook is going to star in a limit series remake of The Birds, to be writt…
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