Exclusive: LA’s KT Studios is shopping podcast Death Island with Conor Powell as a TV series, as it launches a slate of true-crime shows alongside iHeartPodcasts.
Death Island has topped iHeart’s podcast charts since its launch. It follows a series of brutal killings and mysterious disappearances in the Thailand paradise island Koh Tao, and KT is now taking out to market in documentary and scripted series packages.
KT has a a 140-hour podcast slate deal with iHeartPodcasts and will next be launching The Moscow Massacre, True Crimes and Murder 101.
The Moscow Massacre will launch this summer. It follows the murders of four students from the University of Idaho, who were brutally stabbed to death in an off-campus house last November. Following an investigation and cross-country man hunt, a PhD student from a neighboring university was charged with the crimes. Stephanie Lydecker, Courtney Armstrong, Jeff Shane, and Chris Spargo are the executive producers.
Death Island has topped iHeart’s podcast charts since its launch. It follows a series of brutal killings and mysterious disappearances in the Thailand paradise island Koh Tao, and KT is now taking out to market in documentary and scripted series packages.
KT has a a 140-hour podcast slate deal with iHeartPodcasts and will next be launching The Moscow Massacre, True Crimes and Murder 101.
The Moscow Massacre will launch this summer. It follows the murders of four students from the University of Idaho, who were brutally stabbed to death in an off-campus house last November. Following an investigation and cross-country man hunt, a PhD student from a neighboring university was charged with the crimes. Stephanie Lydecker, Courtney Armstrong, Jeff Shane, and Chris Spargo are the executive producers.
- 5/4/2023
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Of all the unofficial holidays derived from an apocryphal bit police code, 4/20 is by far the most enduring. And just as “420” has gradually become entrenched as stoner shorthand for marijuana, the date April 20 has become an opportunity not just for college kids looking to indulge in a little extralegal fun, but also for drug law reformers and other advocacy groups to stump for a more reasonable national attitude toward America’s big green weed of choice.
And as marijuana laws have shifted over the years—from outright prohibition, to limited medicinal usage, to tightly regulated recreational use within certain states—marijuana themed movies have likewise evolved. Once upon a time, the only movies that even touched the subject of pot were hysterical propaganda pieces like Reefer Madness. Then, from the 1960s onward, weed became a popular (and hip) subject of broad comedy—in everything from Animal House to Annie Hall to Friday.
And as marijuana laws have shifted over the years—from outright prohibition, to limited medicinal usage, to tightly regulated recreational use within certain states—marijuana themed movies have likewise evolved. Once upon a time, the only movies that even touched the subject of pot were hysterical propaganda pieces like Reefer Madness. Then, from the 1960s onward, weed became a popular (and hip) subject of broad comedy—in everything from Animal House to Annie Hall to Friday.
- 4/20/2023
- by Matt Warren
- Film Independent News & More
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