Ventureland is teaming with podcast companies Campside Media and Tenderfoot TV on a new doc and companion podcast chronicling the fight around Atlanta’s “Cop City.”
The film will explore the politics, activism and turmoil that has surrounded the development of the 85-acre police and fire training center — set to be one of the largest facilities like it in the United States and located in a preserved forest — since it was announced by the city’s then-Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms back in Spring 2021. Currently in development, the doc will include on-the-ground reporting and key subjects who can shed light on the political flashpoint being constructed within the unofficial capital of the American South.
“The debate over Cop City is a microcosm of what’s happening in cities across the country,” says Campside co-founder Matthew Shaer. “It brings together all these different discussions: About race, about policing, about urban development and environmental resources.
The film will explore the politics, activism and turmoil that has surrounded the development of the 85-acre police and fire training center — set to be one of the largest facilities like it in the United States and located in a preserved forest — since it was announced by the city’s then-Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms back in Spring 2021. Currently in development, the doc will include on-the-ground reporting and key subjects who can shed light on the political flashpoint being constructed within the unofficial capital of the American South.
“The debate over Cop City is a microcosm of what’s happening in cities across the country,” says Campside co-founder Matthew Shaer. “It brings together all these different discussions: About race, about policing, about urban development and environmental resources.
- 11/10/2023
- by Abbey White
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Conversion Therapy Podcast ‘Dear Alana’ Leads Tenderfoot TV Slate Alongside Weekly Series & Spinoffs
Exclusive: Tenderfoot TV, the podcast company behind series such as To Live and Die in LA and Up and Vanished, is expanding its slate.
The company has unveiled a raft of new series, including Dear Alana, a dual-narrative series created by Simon Kent Fung about the life and tragic death of devout youth Alana Chen, whose aspiration to become a nun led her to conversion therapy, and a number of weekly series and spinoffs of existing shows.
Dear Alana is an eight-episode series that sees Kent Fung explore the psychological theories behind conversion therapy today, as he goes behind the scenes of an ascendant brand of American Catholicism sweeping college campuses now, and unearths the complicated boundary between earnest faith and spiritual manipulation, the promise of perfection and the price we pay to belong. It features Chen’s extensive journals, which reveal her hidden struggles with her sexuality and faith.
The company has unveiled a raft of new series, including Dear Alana, a dual-narrative series created by Simon Kent Fung about the life and tragic death of devout youth Alana Chen, whose aspiration to become a nun led her to conversion therapy, and a number of weekly series and spinoffs of existing shows.
Dear Alana is an eight-episode series that sees Kent Fung explore the psychological theories behind conversion therapy today, as he goes behind the scenes of an ascendant brand of American Catholicism sweeping college campuses now, and unearths the complicated boundary between earnest faith and spiritual manipulation, the promise of perfection and the price we pay to belong. It features Chen’s extensive journals, which reveal her hidden struggles with her sexuality and faith.
- 7/17/2023
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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Gerard Butler and Alan Siegel have teamed back up with Remi Adeleke, the star of upcoming action-thriller The Plane.
The duo’s G-Base production company — behind The Plane, set for a January release with Lionsgate, plus fellow high-octane titles such as Greenland, Angel Has Fallen and Den of Thieves — has boarded Unexpected Redemption, Adeleke’s feature directorial debut, which is having its market premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Unexpected Redemption is based on Adeleke’s human-trafficking/organ harvesting short film The Unexpected, which he wrote, directed and produced. Set for a Sep. 30 release, based on true events and told through the lens of its two victims, The Unexpected unearths an elaborate international human-trafficking/organ harvesting ring and its link to terrorism.
Picking up five years on, the feature length action-thriller Unexpected Redemption delves deeper into the dark and treacherous world of human trafficking,...
Gerard Butler and Alan Siegel have teamed back up with Remi Adeleke, the star of upcoming action-thriller The Plane.
The duo’s G-Base production company — behind The Plane, set for a January release with Lionsgate, plus fellow high-octane titles such as Greenland, Angel Has Fallen and Den of Thieves — has boarded Unexpected Redemption, Adeleke’s feature directorial debut, which is having its market premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.
Unexpected Redemption is based on Adeleke’s human-trafficking/organ harvesting short film The Unexpected, which he wrote, directed and produced. Set for a Sep. 30 release, based on true events and told through the lens of its two victims, The Unexpected unearths an elaborate international human-trafficking/organ harvesting ring and its link to terrorism.
Picking up five years on, the feature length action-thriller Unexpected Redemption delves deeper into the dark and treacherous world of human trafficking,...
- 9/14/2022
- by Alex Ritman
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Remi Adeleke, the former Navy Seal who is starring in Amazon’s Terminal List, is to host a narrative documentary podcast about American special forces.
Down Range, which comes from Tenderfoot TV and Telegraph Creative, tells the stories of the men and women who dedicate their lives to defend the U.S, by shining a light on first-person narratives of heroism and sacrifice.
Adeleke, who also featured in Transformers: The Last Knight, is in Michael Bay’s upcoming thriller Ambulance and has a talent holding deal with Nat Geo and Disney for a big adventure series, will co-host with Rich Choppa, a former ballistics exec at Boeing, who spent over 20 years in the U.S. Army who in addition to being a combat veteran of the Panama, Iraq and Balkan conflicts, served in the Pentagon as Russia Country Director.
The series is also being executive produced by Darren McBurnett, 24-year Navy Seal veteran,...
Down Range, which comes from Tenderfoot TV and Telegraph Creative, tells the stories of the men and women who dedicate their lives to defend the U.S, by shining a light on first-person narratives of heroism and sacrifice.
Adeleke, who also featured in Transformers: The Last Knight, is in Michael Bay’s upcoming thriller Ambulance and has a talent holding deal with Nat Geo and Disney for a big adventure series, will co-host with Rich Choppa, a former ballistics exec at Boeing, who spent over 20 years in the U.S. Army who in addition to being a combat veteran of the Panama, Iraq and Balkan conflicts, served in the Pentagon as Russia Country Director.
The series is also being executive produced by Darren McBurnett, 24-year Navy Seal veteran,...
- 7/15/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The Podcast Academy has released the nominees list for the inaugural Awards for Excellence in Audio, or the Ambies.
Podcasts Dirty Diana, The Left Right Game and Wind of Change topped the list with four nods each, leading a nominee pack that also includes Wondery’s Bunga Bunga, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, Slate’s Slow Burn and NPR’s Code Switch.
“The Podcast Academy was founded a year ago with the mission to foster inclusivity, elevate awareness and build excitement for podcasts through initiatives, programming and our annual awards,” said Podcast Academy chairman Donald Albright, who works as president and co-founder of Tenderfoot TV. “Today, we celebrate the ...
Podcasts Dirty Diana, The Left Right Game and Wind of Change topped the list with four nods each, leading a nominee pack that also includes Wondery’s Bunga Bunga, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, Slate’s Slow Burn and NPR’s Code Switch.
“The Podcast Academy was founded a year ago with the mission to foster inclusivity, elevate awareness and build excitement for podcasts through initiatives, programming and our annual awards,” said Podcast Academy chairman Donald Albright, who works as president and co-founder of Tenderfoot TV. “Today, we celebrate the ...
The Podcast Academy has released the nominees list for the inaugural Awards for Excellence in Audio, or the Ambies.
Podcasts Dirty Diana, The Left Right Game and Wind of Change topped the list with four nods each, leading a nominee pack that also includes Wondery’s Bunga Bunga, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, Slate’s Slow Burn and NPR’s Code Switch.
“The Podcast Academy was founded a year ago with the mission to foster inclusivity, elevate awareness and build excitement for podcasts through initiatives, programming and our annual awards,” said Podcast Academy chairman Donald Albright, who works as president and co-founder of Tenderfoot TV. “Today, we celebrate the ...
Podcasts Dirty Diana, The Left Right Game and Wind of Change topped the list with four nods each, leading a nominee pack that also includes Wondery’s Bunga Bunga, Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend, Slate’s Slow Burn and NPR’s Code Switch.
“The Podcast Academy was founded a year ago with the mission to foster inclusivity, elevate awareness and build excitement for podcasts through initiatives, programming and our annual awards,” said Podcast Academy chairman Donald Albright, who works as president and co-founder of Tenderfoot TV. “Today, we celebrate the ...
Exclusive: The murder and disappearance of a slew of Grateful Dead fans is the subject of a true crime podcast from Tenderfoot TV, the company behind the Atlanta Monster and Up and Vanished series.
Disgraceland host Jake Brennan has teamed up with Tenderfoot TV co-founder Payne Lindsey in Dead and Gone, a true crime music mystery set in the world of Jerry Garcia’s psychedelic rock band.
It will look at how, over the past five decades, a number of Dead Heads are missing, unidentified or dead. One fan died in a car accident, one was murdered and dumped in a ditch, while many others are missing.
The company, which was founded by Lindsey and Donald Albright, has also renewed Neil Strauss’ To Live and Die in LA for a second season and lined up basketball series Whistleblower. All three series, which are produced in association with all produced in...
Disgraceland host Jake Brennan has teamed up with Tenderfoot TV co-founder Payne Lindsey in Dead and Gone, a true crime music mystery set in the world of Jerry Garcia’s psychedelic rock band.
It will look at how, over the past five decades, a number of Dead Heads are missing, unidentified or dead. One fan died in a car accident, one was murdered and dumped in a ditch, while many others are missing.
The company, which was founded by Lindsey and Donald Albright, has also renewed Neil Strauss’ To Live and Die in LA for a second season and lined up basketball series Whistleblower. All three series, which are produced in association with all produced in...
- 6/25/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Issa Rae’s label Raedio and HBO have partnered with podcast producer Tenderfoot TV for Looking for Latoya, a one-episode scripted podcast special based on the in-universe true crime series of the same name from Rae’s HBO show Insecure.
Looking for Latoya follows the story of Latoya Thompson, portrayed Sza, a young woman whose mysterious disappearance is investigated throughout the show. Riffing on other true crime podcasts like Serial, the satirical special offers commentary on the lack of true crime shows that investigate missing black women versus their white counterparts.
Looking for Latoya follows the story of Latoya Thompson, portrayed Sza, a young woman whose mysterious disappearance is investigated throughout the show. Riffing on other true crime podcasts like Serial, the satirical special offers commentary on the lack of true crime shows that investigate missing black women versus their white counterparts.
- 6/12/2020
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: CBS has put in development Truth & Justice, a crime drama from one of its top drama showrunners, Peter Lenkov, The Oath creator Joe Halpin and The Dirt author Neil Strauss. The project hails from Dan Lin’s Rideback and CBS TV Studios, where Lenkov and his 101st Street Entertainment are under a deal.
Written by Lenkov, former undercover cop Halpin and Strauss, Truth & Justice revolves around a disgraced cop-turned-pi and a down-and-out journalist, both seeking redemption, who team up and use nothing but their intellect, perseverance and profound empathy to dive deep into the lives of victims and perpetrators to deliver the justice that is so desperately needed in an otherwise flawed system.
Lenkov — via 101st Street — Halpin and Strauss executive produce with Donald Albright of podcast company Tenderfoot TV, and Lin and Lindsey Libertore for Rideback. Lenkov is a co-writer on the pilot only.
Written by Lenkov, former undercover cop Halpin and Strauss, Truth & Justice revolves around a disgraced cop-turned-pi and a down-and-out journalist, both seeking redemption, who team up and use nothing but their intellect, perseverance and profound empathy to dive deep into the lives of victims and perpetrators to deliver the justice that is so desperately needed in an otherwise flawed system.
Lenkov — via 101st Street — Halpin and Strauss executive produce with Donald Albright of podcast company Tenderfoot TV, and Lin and Lindsey Libertore for Rideback. Lenkov is a co-writer on the pilot only.
- 12/2/2019
- by Nellie Andreeva and Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Tenderfoot TV, the company behind the hit Atlanta Monster and Up and Vanished podcasts, is launching its latest series – true crime story Insomniac. The podcast, which explores the dark world of serial killers, is produced for iHeartRadio Original Podcasts.
Monster Presents: Insomniac, hosted by Scott Benjamin, will look at five serial killers across ten episodes including The I-70 Strangler Herb Baumeister, The Rochester Strangler Arthur Shawcross, Stephen McDaniel, Donald Henry “Pee Wee” Gaskins Jr. and The Candy Man Dean Corll.
It will tell these stories with a twist; it will also explore the process through the eyes of host Benjamin, who spent hours researching grisly crime scene photos before it started affecting him. The process began to consume him and he started to experience insomnia. Insomniac is the story of that journey – one man’s freefall from objective researcher to tormented subject.
It is the latest doc series for Tenderfoot TV,...
Monster Presents: Insomniac, hosted by Scott Benjamin, will look at five serial killers across ten episodes including The I-70 Strangler Herb Baumeister, The Rochester Strangler Arthur Shawcross, Stephen McDaniel, Donald Henry “Pee Wee” Gaskins Jr. and The Candy Man Dean Corll.
It will tell these stories with a twist; it will also explore the process through the eyes of host Benjamin, who spent hours researching grisly crime scene photos before it started affecting him. The process began to consume him and he started to experience insomnia. Insomniac is the story of that journey – one man’s freefall from objective researcher to tormented subject.
It is the latest doc series for Tenderfoot TV,...
- 6/20/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Tenderfoot TV, the company behind the hit Atlanta Monster and Up and Vanished podcasts, is looking to take advantage of the boom in the audio genre and is plotting a slew of music and sports-set true crime podcasts as well as IP that can be translated for television.
The company, which is run by Donald Albright and Payne Lindsey, has had more than 380M downloads for its podcasts and co-produced a TV adaptation of Up and Vanished for Oxygen with Ben Silverman’s Propagate Content. Its latest podcast, To Live and Die in La with The Dirt author and Rolling Stone writer Neil Strauss, is set to conclude May 16.
Albright told Deadline how the company started and outlined the pair’s plans to scale up their nascent media business.
Tenderfoot TV started with Up and Vanished, a podcast that followed the case of the mysterious disappearance of Tara Grinstead, a...
The company, which is run by Donald Albright and Payne Lindsey, has had more than 380M downloads for its podcasts and co-produced a TV adaptation of Up and Vanished for Oxygen with Ben Silverman’s Propagate Content. Its latest podcast, To Live and Die in La with The Dirt author and Rolling Stone writer Neil Strauss, is set to conclude May 16.
Albright told Deadline how the company started and outlined the pair’s plans to scale up their nascent media business.
Tenderfoot TV started with Up and Vanished, a podcast that followed the case of the mysterious disappearance of Tara Grinstead, a...
- 5/1/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The Dirt and The Game author Neil Strauss has teamed with Tenderfoot TV, the team behind hit audio series Atlanta Monster, to launch a podcast about the disappearance of aspiring actress Adea Shabani.
Rolling Stone writer Strauss will host To Live and Die in La, a 12-episode true crime podcast series. The series will launch on February 28 and will be produced in association with podcast company Cadence13.
To Live and Die in La, which is Strauss’s first foray into narrative podcasting, will take a deep dive into the mysterious disappearance of 25-year-old Shabani, an aspiring actress and model who vanished without a trace from her apartment complex near Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. Like thousands each year, Shabani, a native of Macedonia, moved to Hollywood with the hope of realizing her dreams of stardom. But in February of 2018, the acting student disappeared just days before her 26th birthday.
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Rolling Stone writer Strauss will host To Live and Die in La, a 12-episode true crime podcast series. The series will launch on February 28 and will be produced in association with podcast company Cadence13.
To Live and Die in La, which is Strauss’s first foray into narrative podcasting, will take a deep dive into the mysterious disappearance of 25-year-old Shabani, an aspiring actress and model who vanished without a trace from her apartment complex near Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. Like thousands each year, Shabani, a native of Macedonia, moved to Hollywood with the hope of realizing her dreams of stardom. But in February of 2018, the acting student disappeared just days before her 26th birthday.
Within...
- 2/21/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The “Atlanta Monster” podcast scrutinizes the belief that Wayne Williams, an aspiring music producer, killed nearly 30 young African-Americans from 1979 to 1981. The podcast’s co-creators, Payne Lindsey and Donald Albright, say that they’ve gone back and forth on his guilt or innocence — just like many of their listeners.
“He lied to me about some very crucial things,” Lindsey, who hosts “Atlanta Monster,” told TheWrap’s “Shoot This Now” podcast in an interview you can hear on Apple or right here:
Because Williams was convicted in the murders of two adult men — and sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars — prosecutors saw no need to charge him with the additional killings. But police also stopped searching for other suspects, since they said the killings stopped after his arrest.
Williams denies killing anyone, and some victims’ families don’t believe he killed their lost loved ones. But Lindsey and Albright, who had no personal ties to the case before starting the podcast, have reached some conclusions.
Also Read: 'Atlanta Monster' Creators Talk TV Show Potential, Expanding to Other Cities' Serial Killers (Exclusive)
“We go back and forth all the time,” said Lindsey. “In the beginning, I was like, he did it. In the middle, I was like, he didn’t do it. Almost to the end, I was like, he still didn’t do it. Then I was like, maybe he did it. Full disclosure: I think he definitely killed some kids… The fiber evidence, to me, is damning.”
Albright also changed his mind repeatedly, before ultimately deciding: “He’s hiding something… If you’re in jail for two murders, serving life, after 37 years, you wouldn’t be hiding anything anymore. So if you are still lying, you’re lying about something that’s probably murder.”
The Atlanta based-Lindsey and Albright, co-founders of Tenderfoot TV, are looking into a TV adaptation of “Atlanta Monster.” Their previous hit podcast, “Up and Vanished,” is in the works at the Oxygen network.
In the “Shoot This Now” interview, they start off discussing how Williams’ gift for talking without saying much sometimes made it hard for them to hit deadlines. At the end, they assessed whether Williams could have made it as a music producer if he hadn’t been sentenced to life in prison.
Also Read: That Time Frank Sinatra Tried to Stop a Serial Killer (Podcast)
They also explain why they don’t buy the theory that the CIA framed Williams for the killings after trying to recruit him: “If Wayne Williams was a threat, why is he still alive and talking on a podcast in 2018?” asked Albright.
Read original story ‘Atlanta Monster’ Host: Wayne Williams ‘Lied to Me About Some Very Crucial Things’ (Podcast) At TheWrap...
“He lied to me about some very crucial things,” Lindsey, who hosts “Atlanta Monster,” told TheWrap’s “Shoot This Now” podcast in an interview you can hear on Apple or right here:
Because Williams was convicted in the murders of two adult men — and sentenced to spend the rest of his life behind bars — prosecutors saw no need to charge him with the additional killings. But police also stopped searching for other suspects, since they said the killings stopped after his arrest.
Williams denies killing anyone, and some victims’ families don’t believe he killed their lost loved ones. But Lindsey and Albright, who had no personal ties to the case before starting the podcast, have reached some conclusions.
Also Read: 'Atlanta Monster' Creators Talk TV Show Potential, Expanding to Other Cities' Serial Killers (Exclusive)
“We go back and forth all the time,” said Lindsey. “In the beginning, I was like, he did it. In the middle, I was like, he didn’t do it. Almost to the end, I was like, he still didn’t do it. Then I was like, maybe he did it. Full disclosure: I think he definitely killed some kids… The fiber evidence, to me, is damning.”
Albright also changed his mind repeatedly, before ultimately deciding: “He’s hiding something… If you’re in jail for two murders, serving life, after 37 years, you wouldn’t be hiding anything anymore. So if you are still lying, you’re lying about something that’s probably murder.”
The Atlanta based-Lindsey and Albright, co-founders of Tenderfoot TV, are looking into a TV adaptation of “Atlanta Monster.” Their previous hit podcast, “Up and Vanished,” is in the works at the Oxygen network.
In the “Shoot This Now” interview, they start off discussing how Williams’ gift for talking without saying much sometimes made it hard for them to hit deadlines. At the end, they assessed whether Williams could have made it as a music producer if he hadn’t been sentenced to life in prison.
Also Read: That Time Frank Sinatra Tried to Stop a Serial Killer (Podcast)
They also explain why they don’t buy the theory that the CIA framed Williams for the killings after trying to recruit him: “If Wayne Williams was a threat, why is he still alive and talking on a podcast in 2018?” asked Albright.
Read original story ‘Atlanta Monster’ Host: Wayne Williams ‘Lied to Me About Some Very Crucial Things’ (Podcast) At TheWrap...
- 5/11/2018
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
“Atlanta Monster” co-creators Payne Lindsey and Donald Albright are far from done with the story of Wayne Williams and the Atlanta child murders: They’re holding Hollywood meetings about a possible TV docu-series, and want to expand their hit podcast to investigate other cities plagued by serial murders.
Lindsey and Albright, co-founders of Tenderfoot TV, detailed their plans to TheWrap Friday for our “Shoot This Now” podcast, about stories that should be made into TV shows and movies. You can listen on Apple or here:
The Atlanta-based duo were in Los Angeles Friday in large part because they’re adapting their previous podcast phenomenon, “Up and Vanished,” into a TV show for the Oxygen network. But they’re also going to some meetings about how “Atlanta Monster,” the most successful new podcast of 2018, could be made into what Lindsey, the host of the podcast, envisions as a premium docu-series.
Also Read: Here's a True Story About Slavery You've Never Heard: 'Django Unchained' Meets 'Ocean's 11' (Podcast)
“Atlanta Monster” follows the deaths of 28 African-American children and young men killed between 1979 and 1981. Authorities blamed Wayne Williams, an aspiring record producer, for all of the murders, though he was only prosecuted and convicted in the killings of two adult victims. Some loved ones of the murdered children believe they were killed by someone other than Williams.
Lindsey said there are already two scripted projects in the works about the case: Season 2 of Netflix’s “Manhunter” and a Regina King-John Ridley project for FX based on Kim Reid’s memoir, “No Place Safe.”
An “Atlanta Monster” docu-series could compliment the scripted projects, much as 2016’s “Oj: Made in America” complimented FX’s Ryan Murphy drama “People v Oj Simpson,” released earlier in the same year.
“I love scripted TV and that’s eventually where I want to go, but I think this story needs the docu-series,” Lindsey said. “It needs the documentary form of this. … telling the real story and adapting it that way.”
Lindsey and Albright are also looking to expand the format of “Atlanta Monster” to other cities. “Atlanta Monster” used the killings to highlight racial and socioeconomic issues in the Atlanta of decades ago that still reverberate nationwide. Albright and Lindsey say other cities’ serial murders could provide a similar frame for looking at broader problems.
Also Read: That Time Frank Sinatra Tried to Stop a Serial Killer (Podcast)
“We kind of set the tone with ‘Atlanta Monster’ because it’s not just murders in a place,” Albright said. “It’s how those murders affected that place. There are monsters all over the world.”
In an early episode of the “Shoot This Now” podcast, Matt Donnelly and I talked about how a fundraiser during the Atlanta murders, starring Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra, could be the basis of a scripted film. Albright and Lindsey wouldn’t rule out big-screen adaptations.
“It doesn’t really matter as long as we can do it right and do the city, the victims and the story justice,” Albright said.
Read original story ‘Atlanta Monster’ Creators Talk TV Show Potential, Expanding to Other Cities’ Serial Killers (Exclusive) At TheWrap...
Lindsey and Albright, co-founders of Tenderfoot TV, detailed their plans to TheWrap Friday for our “Shoot This Now” podcast, about stories that should be made into TV shows and movies. You can listen on Apple or here:
The Atlanta-based duo were in Los Angeles Friday in large part because they’re adapting their previous podcast phenomenon, “Up and Vanished,” into a TV show for the Oxygen network. But they’re also going to some meetings about how “Atlanta Monster,” the most successful new podcast of 2018, could be made into what Lindsey, the host of the podcast, envisions as a premium docu-series.
Also Read: Here's a True Story About Slavery You've Never Heard: 'Django Unchained' Meets 'Ocean's 11' (Podcast)
“Atlanta Monster” follows the deaths of 28 African-American children and young men killed between 1979 and 1981. Authorities blamed Wayne Williams, an aspiring record producer, for all of the murders, though he was only prosecuted and convicted in the killings of two adult victims. Some loved ones of the murdered children believe they were killed by someone other than Williams.
Lindsey said there are already two scripted projects in the works about the case: Season 2 of Netflix’s “Manhunter” and a Regina King-John Ridley project for FX based on Kim Reid’s memoir, “No Place Safe.”
An “Atlanta Monster” docu-series could compliment the scripted projects, much as 2016’s “Oj: Made in America” complimented FX’s Ryan Murphy drama “People v Oj Simpson,” released earlier in the same year.
“I love scripted TV and that’s eventually where I want to go, but I think this story needs the docu-series,” Lindsey said. “It needs the documentary form of this. … telling the real story and adapting it that way.”
Lindsey and Albright are also looking to expand the format of “Atlanta Monster” to other cities. “Atlanta Monster” used the killings to highlight racial and socioeconomic issues in the Atlanta of decades ago that still reverberate nationwide. Albright and Lindsey say other cities’ serial murders could provide a similar frame for looking at broader problems.
Also Read: That Time Frank Sinatra Tried to Stop a Serial Killer (Podcast)
“We kind of set the tone with ‘Atlanta Monster’ because it’s not just murders in a place,” Albright said. “It’s how those murders affected that place. There are monsters all over the world.”
In an early episode of the “Shoot This Now” podcast, Matt Donnelly and I talked about how a fundraiser during the Atlanta murders, starring Sammy Davis Jr. and Frank Sinatra, could be the basis of a scripted film. Albright and Lindsey wouldn’t rule out big-screen adaptations.
“It doesn’t really matter as long as we can do it right and do the city, the victims and the story justice,” Albright said.
Read original story ‘Atlanta Monster’ Creators Talk TV Show Potential, Expanding to Other Cities’ Serial Killers (Exclusive) At TheWrap...
- 5/11/2018
- by Tim Molloy
- The Wrap
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