{"id":13587,"date":"2020-08-13T09:11:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T13:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-sky-team-darkly-comic-horror-series\/"},"modified":"2020-08-13T09:11:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T13:11:22","slug":"hbo-sky-team-for-darkly-comic-horror-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-sky-team-for-darkly-comic-horror-series\/","title":{"rendered":"HBO &#038; Sky Team for Darkly Comic Horror Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From screenwriter Si\u00e2n Robins-Grace (<em>Kaos<\/em>, <em>Sex Education<\/em>), <em>The Baby<\/em> is a brand-new HBO and Sky co-production that examines the institution of motherhood.<\/p>\n<p>The series is co-created by Robins-Grace and Lucy Gaymer (<em>Gangs of London<\/em>, <em>Liar<\/em>) and produced by SISTER and Proverbial Pictures. The darkly comic horror series deconstructs the \u201cjoy of motherhood,\u201d exploring the powerful anxiety of whether or not to have children, questioning who gets to choose motherhood and who doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>The eight-episode first season will be produced by SISTER and Proverbial Pictures and executive produced by Jane Featherstone (<em>Chernobyl<\/em>, <em>Giri\/Haji<\/em>, <em>The Split<\/em>), Carolyn Strauss (<em>Chernobyl<\/em>, <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>), Naomi de Pear (<em>The Power<\/em>, <em>Don\u2019t Forget the Driver<\/em>, <em>Flowers<\/em>), Katie Carpenter (<em>Landscapers<\/em>, <em>The Bisexual<\/em>, <em>Flowers<\/em>) and Robins-Grace. Gaymer joins the female-led creative team as producer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith <em>The Baby<\/em>, we want to explore the powerful anxiety around the question of whether or not to have children,\u201d said Robins-Grace and Gaymer. \u201cThe ambivalence of not knowing, the bafflement at everyone else\u2019s certainty and the suspicion that the whole thing is one millennia-long scam. We\u2019re thrilled to be working with such a phenomenal team of producers to help us bring this weird baby into the world with HBO and Sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSi\u00e2n and Lucy\u2019s exploration of motherhood is as funny and resonant as it is twisted,\u201d said Amy Gravitt, executive VP of HBO Programming. \u201c<em>The Baby<\/em> gives voice to all the women who just don\u2019t know. We\u2019re thrilled to be partnering again with Jane Featherstone, Carolyn Strauss, and our friends at Sky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The Baby<\/em> is by turns dark, comedic, and horrifying,\u201d commented Cameron Roach, director of drama at Sky Studios. \u201cThe vision that Si\u00e2n and Lucy are bringing to life is truly unique.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The SISTER team noted: \u201cWe are so inspired by the horrific and hilarious vision that Si\u00e2n and Lucy have for <em>The Baby<\/em> and fell in love with Si\u00e2n\u2019s script the moment we read it. Natasha and the baby are two rare beings who we can\u2019t wait to bring to life.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From screenwriter Si\u00e2n Robins-Grace (Kaos, Sex Education), The Baby is a brand-new HBO and Sky co-production that examines the institution of motherhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":13588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[431,1032],"class_list":["post-13587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-hbo","tag-sky","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HBO &amp; Sky Team for Darkly Comic Horror Series - TVDRAMA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/hbo-sky-team-for-darkly-comic-horror-series\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HBO &amp; 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