Sarah Koenig, host, creator and producer of the true-crime podcast phenomenon Serial, whose breakout success helped fuel that obsession, is on board to consult on the series.Īre You Sleeping is executive produced by Spencer via her Orit Entertainment, Tramble as well as Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter for Hello Sunshine, and Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and Kristen Campo for Chernin Entertainment.Īre You Sleeping marks the second project Apple has commissioned from Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, joining the morning show drama executive produced by and starring Witherspoon and Aniston, which has received a two-season order. Moore space drama - as well as projects it takes in to develop for straight-to-series consideration.Īre You Sleeping provides a unique glimpse into America’s obsession with true-crime podcasts and challenges its viewers to consider the consequences when the pursuit of justice is placed on a public stage. Like other streaming platforms, Apple’s slate is expected to feature projects it snags with straight-to-series orders - like the recently greenlighted morning show drama starring Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston, the Amazing Stories reboot from Steven Spielberg and Bryan Fuller and a Ronald D.

Meanwhile, the unexpected death of Josie's long-absent mother forces her to return to her Midwestern hometown where she must confront the demons from her past - and the lies on which she has staked her future.Are You Sleeping, created and written by Nichelle Tramble Spellman ( The Good Wife, Justified) based on true-crime novel by Kathleen Barber, has been put in development at Apple’s video programming unit headed by Jamie Erlicht and Zack Van Amburg. When investigative reporter Poppy Parnell sets off a media firestorm with a mega-hit podcast that reopens the long-closed case of Josie's father's murder, Josie's world begins to unravel. The only problem is that she has lied to Caleb about every detail of her past - starting with her last name. Now, Josie has finally put down roots in New York, settling into domestic life with her partner Caleb, and that's where she intends to stay.

After her father's murder thirteen years prior, her mother ran away to join a cult and her twin sister Lanie, once Josie's closest friend and confidant, betrayed her in an unimaginable way. Josie Buhrman has spent the last ten years trying to escape her family's reputation and with good reason. The only thing more dangerous than a lie.is the truth. Serial meets Ruth Ware's In A Dark, Dark Wood in this inventive and twisty psychological thriller about a mega-hit podcast that reopens a murder case - and threatens to unravel the carefully constructed life of the victim's daughter.

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