Tag: The Alienist TV Series

Further to last month’s announcement from Paramount TV that The Alienist was slated for development into a TV drama series, a three-year production deal between Paramount TV and Anonymous Content (producer of True Detective) was confirmed this week by Amy Powell, the president of Paramount TV, and the managing partners of Anonymous Content, with the first collaboration between the companies confirmed to be the TV drama series inspired by The Alienist. Although no further details have been released regarding the development of the drama series itself, Variety reported that the three-year production deal will provide Paramount TV with “first-look rights to produce and distribute scripted programming developed by Anonymous Content.” It will also include “rights to broadcast, premium cable, cable and online distribution.”

As more information is released about the drama series development, you can be sure to see it updated here.

In several articles released today, announcements were made about a handful of new Paramount TV projects currently in development including “a drama series inspired by Caleb Carr’s best-selling novel, The Alienist, with Anonymous Content (True Detective) executive producing” (Deadline). These announcements were accompanied by Paramount TV naming its new heads of comedy and drama development, working under president Amy Powell. Talking to Variety about Paramount TV’s new developments, Powell commented, “It’s not only all the great movies we’ve released over the years but all the books and the articles and the life rights we own, and the great screenplays that never made it to the screen. To be able to walk in here with a literal clean slate and (chairman) Brad (Grey’s) directive — it’s the best of all worlds.” She went on to say that the focus at Paramount TV will be on “quality not quantity” of projects. Talking specifically about The Alienist, The Guardian reported that Powell described the book as “an incredible piece of writing — when I was looking through our library, I thought this is something we have to do.”

As more information comes to about this development, you can be sure to see it updated here.