We have word on another horror based TV project coming to NBC later next year. The network has greenlit a miniseries adaption of Ira Levin’s supernatural novel, Rosemary’s Baby which was previously adapted into the classic film by Roman Polanski in 1968. Read on for additional details on the project.
Deadline is reporting, Four months after NBC signaled a push in the longform arena with a development slate of several miniseries and event series, the network has greenlighted the first project from that slate, four-hour miniseries Rosemary’s Baby, an adaptation of the 1967 best-selling suspense novel by Ira Levin.
Agnieszka Holland, who has been nominated for both an Oscar (Europa, Europa) and an Emmy (Treme), has come on board to direct the mini, written by Scott Abbott (Introducing Dorothy Dandridge) and James Wong (American Horror Story). Casting begins immediately, with filming set to begin in January in Paris. Lionsgate Television is producing, with Joshua Maurer, Alix Witlin agneszkahollandand David Stern serving as executive producers.
The story has been updated and moved to Paris, but it’s faithful to the spirit of Ira Levin’s classic novel. Rosemary’s Baby centers on a young married couple who move into a Paris apartment that has a haunted past. After getting pregnant, the wife becomes increasingly suspicious that both her husband and their neighbors will have ulterior motives when her child is born.
Source: Deadline
