{"id":22916,"date":"2025-07-07T11:51:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tony-ayres-productions-developing-toxic-for-abc\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T12:41:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T16:41:57","slug":"tony-ayres-productions-developing-toxic-for-abc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvdrama\/tony-ayres-productions-developing-toxic-for-abc\/","title":{"rendered":"Tony Ayres Productions Developing Toxic for ABC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Ayres Productions has begun developing the series <em>Toxic<\/em>, based on the true story of Erin Patterson, for Australia\u2019s ABC.<\/p>\n<p>Created by Elise McCredie (<em>Jack Irish<\/em>,<em> The Clearing<\/em>, <em>Stateless<\/em>) and Tony Ayres (<em>The Survivors<\/em>, <em>Clickbait<\/em>, <em>Stateless<\/em>), the drama will follow the real story of Patterson, who was charged with multiple counts of murder after three of her dinner guests died and a fourth spent months in the hospital following a lunch where she served them Beef Wellington with toxic \u201cDeath Cap\u201d mushroom.<\/p>\n<p>The jury is currently considering their verdict following her trial. She pleaded not guilty and has always maintained that the incident was a tragic accident.<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxic<\/em> will be produced by Tony Ayres Productions, which is backed by Matchbox Pictures and Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTrue stories ask storytellers to probe the complexities of human behavior,\u201d Ayres said. \u201cWhat really lies beneath the headlines? It\u2019s both a challenge and a responsibility to go beyond the surface\u2014to reveal, not just sensationalize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCredie, who will serve as showrunner, commented, \u201cI am delighted to be working with longtime collaborator Tony Ayres on this tangled, heartbreaking story. Sitting in on the trial, watching evidence unfurl, change direction and reposition itself has been an exercise in the subjectivity of \u2018truth\u2019 and a blueprint for a dramatic retelling that explores multiple perspectives in an honest and compelling way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re excited to be partnering once again with our longtime collaborators, Tony Ayres Productions, on this powerful new project,\u201d added Rachel Okine, head of scripted at ABC. \u201cThis investigation has already captivated audiences across Australia and we\u2019re eager to dive deeper into the complexities behind the headlines to bring this story to life with the team.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tony Ayres Productions has begun developing the series Toxic, based on the true story of Erin Patterson, for Australia\u2019s ABC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":22917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[515,10928,10929,10930,10931,4019,10932],"class_list":["post-22916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-abc","tag-elise-mccredie","tag-erin-patterson","tag-rachel-okine","tag-tony-ayres","tag-tony-ayres-productions","tag-toxic","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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