Amazon lays down Lore adaptation

Amazon Prime Video has greenlit anthology horror series Lore, based on the popular podcast of the same name.

Ben Silverman

The Walking Dead exec producer Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Entertainment and Propagate Content have developed the Aaron Mahnke podcast into an unscripted 10-part series.

Propagate’s Ben Silverman (The Office) and Howard T Owens (The Biggest Loser), who began work on the project in April, will exec produce along with Hurd.

The programme will present tales dealing with “frightening, psychologically disturbing and often paranormal true events that have spawned modern-day nightmares,” according to a statement.

The show will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in the US, UK, Germany, Austria and Japan in 2017, and will be available via the Amazon Video app for TVs and connected devices.

Howard T Owens

“Lore is a thrilling podcast with a rabid following, and we jumped at the opportunity to work with Gale Anne Hurd, Ben Silverman and Howard Owens to develop it into a series for Amazon Prime members,” said Conrad Riggs, head of unscripted at Amazon Originals.

Brett-Patrick Jenkins (Face Off) and Aaron Mahnke are also lined up as executive producers, while Glen Morgan (The X-Files) is attached as showrunner. Phillip Kobylanski is supervising the project on behalf of Valhalla.

Launched in March 2015 by Mahnke, the podcast has become one of the fastest growing in the US, logging more than three million monthly listens.

Electus founder Silverman reunited https://www.c21media.net/silverman-owens-reunite-at-propagate/ with long-time collaborator Owens as co-chairman and CEO of A+E Networks-backed indie Propagate Content in April.