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Long Bright River is headed to Peacock. The streaming service has ordered the suspense thriller to series, and Amanda Seyfried (above) will both star in and executive produce the new series.
The thriller is based on the novel by Liz Moore, and it revolves around how ‘victims can band together to regain their power.” Moore co-created the series with Nikki Toscano.
Peacock revealed more about the series in a press release.
Peacock has announced the limited series order of suspense thriller LONG BRIGHT RIVER, starring and executive produced by Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award-nominated actress Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout).
The series comes from Sony Pictures Television and UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, and is based on Liz Moore’s New York Times bestselling novel Long Bright River.
“Long Bright River tells a story about the collective power of an underserved community,” say series creators and executive producers Liz Moore and Nikki Toscano. “We are thrilled that Amanda Seyfried will lead this series about how those initially perceived as victims can band together to regain their power. Moore’s family history and her work with harm-reduction and community-service organizations in Philadelphia informed the series, which aims to portray with compassion the lives of those struggling with addiction and the family members who love them.”
LONG BRIGHT RIVER is a suspense thriller series that tells the story of Mickey (Amanda Seyfried), a police officer who patrols a Philadelphia neighborhood hard-hit by the opioid crisis. When a series of murders begins in the neighborhood, Mickey realizes that her personal history might be related to the case.
Nikki Toscano (The Offer, Hunters) and Liz Moore (Long Bright River) will write and executive produce, with Toscano serving as showrunner. Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty and Amanda Lewis will executive produce for Original Film and Amy Pascal will executive produce for Pascal Pictures. Hagar Ben-Asher (Bad Boy, Dead Women Walking) will direct and executive produce the first episode.
The premiere date and more details for Long Bright River will be announced later.
What do you think? Are you planning to watch this new series when it eventually debuts on Peacock?
