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Look out! The birds are coming back in a terrifying new way.
A brand new adaptation of The Birds, inspired by both the Alfred Hitchcock film and Daphne du Maurier novella, is on the way to HBO Max, according to Deadline—and Emmy winner Sarah Snook has snatched the lead role.
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The high-profile project appears to be a new retelling of the classic horror-mystery with added depth and more of Du Maurier's original story. Here’s everything we know about the series so far.
What is the TV series The Birds about?
While Du Maurier's 1952 original took place in Cornwall and Hitchcock's adaptation was set in Bodega Bay, California, this new take on the suspense story will be located in Alaska.
Our lead character, traveling magistrate Myra Massey (played by Snook), is her own hero, rather than the damsel-in-distress pictured in Hitchcock’s film. In it, Massey returns home to Alaska with her daughter after a difficult custody battle to hear a presumptive death case, but she ends up having to investigate a childhood friend’s murder.
There’s a killer on the loose and a new menace: vicious, deadly bird attacks somehow tied to the crime.
“When Myra is forced to step outside her role as judge to untangle the mystery, nature itself turns hostile with a wave of bird attacks,” the show description reads. “Now, Myra isn’t just trying to close a case, she’s fighting to survive in a place where death lurks in both the shadows and the skies.”
Who is starring in The Birds on HBO Max?
As of press time, Sarah Snook is the only cast member who's been announced. Snook is best known for her starring role as Shiv Roy in the HBO drama series Succession (2018–2023), for which she won two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. She also won a Tony Award for Leading Actress in a Play for her role in The Picture of Dorian Gray on Broadway.
Who is producing The Birds on HBO Max?
On the production team are Tom Spezialy (Watchmen, The Leftovers), David Heyman (HBO’s Harry Potter) and Danny Samit via Heyday Television, Heyman‘s joint venture with UGT, and Jennifer Gabler Rawlings of Omni Artists.
Universal Global Television will serve as a co-studio with HBO.
When will The Birds premiere on HBO Max?
HBO has not announced an official release date for the upcoming limited series adaptation of The Birds. The project is still currently in the development stage at HBO Max.
Will The Birds on HBO Max be scary?
If “a wave of bird attacks” and “killer on the loose” don’t scare you, then you must have ice in your veins!