{"id":16226,"date":"2022-01-27T11:34:43","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T16:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/worldscreen.com\/"},"modified":"2022-01-27T11:53:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T16:53:01","slug":"peacock-goes-straight-to-series-with-dead-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/peacock-goes-straight-to-series-with-dead-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Peacock Goes Straight to Series with Dead Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peacock has given a straight-to-series order for the supernatural drama\u00a0<em>Dead Day<\/em>, based on the AfterShock comic book series created by Ryan Parrott.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dead Day<\/em> follows an ensemble of characters as they navigate the annual \u201cdead day,\u201d when for one night, the dead come back to complete unfinished business\u2014be that to celebrate a night back on earth or to torment the living.<\/p>\n<p>Julie Plec (<em>The Vampire Diaries<\/em>, <em>The Originals<\/em>, <em>Legacies<\/em>) and Kevin Williamson (<em>The Vampire Diaries<\/em>, <em>Dawson\u2019s Creek<\/em>, <em>The Following<\/em>) will serve as co-showrunners, writers and executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>Fellow executive producers are\u00a0Ben Fast, Emily Cummins and Lee Kramer, Jon Kramer and David Sigurani for AfterShock Media.\u00a0Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is producing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Dead Day<\/em> combines an exciting, high-concept premise with relatable characters and real emotion,\u201d said Lisa Katz, president of scripted content for NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. \u201cWe jumped at the opportunity to work with Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson, who not only have tremendous individual track records with their high-quality storytelling but have created magic together before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJulie Plec and Kevin Williamson are each a powerhouse unto themselves, so we couldn\u2019t have been more excited when they told us they wanted to team up again,\u201d said Vivian Cannon, executive VP of drama development for Universal Television. \u201c<em>Dead Day<\/em> will be everything Julie and Kevin\u2019s audiences love about their work\u2014emotional, unexpected and totally bingeable!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Plec and Williamson added, \u201cWe have been looking for a project to do together, and <em>Dead Day<\/em> has all the ingredients we love as storytellers. Love, death, thrills and tears\u2014and we know Susan Rovner and her team at Peacock are the perfect fit for this project.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>AfterShock Media\u2019s Lee and Jon Kramer said, \u201cWe realized because of <em>Dead Day<\/em>\u2019s unique, universally appealing concept that this AfterShock comic would capture the audience\u2019s imagination worldwide. And none of this would be possible without this recognition from our amazing partners: Julie Plec, Kevin Williamson, Universal Television, Peacock and Ryan Parrott, the creator of <em>Dead Day<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peacock has given a straight-to-series order for the supernatural drama Dead Day, based on the AfterShock comic book series created by Ryan Parrott.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":350,"featured_media":16227,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[4841,4318],"class_list":["post-16226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-aftershock","tag-peacock","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Peacock Goes Straight to Series with Dead Day - 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