“Logo text Prime Video will explore the realm of near-death experiences in its latest drama project. The Amazon-owned streamer is developing a thriller called The Orpheus Project, centering on a group of young doctors who conduct dangerous experiments on themselves that skirt the line between life and death. The project, from writers Dee Johnson (Fellow”, — write: www.hollywoodreporter.com
Prime Video will explore the realm of near-death experiences in its latest drama project.
The Amazon-owned streamer is developing a thriller called The Orpheus Project, centering on a group of young doctors who conduct dangerous experiments on themselves that skirt the line between life and death. The project, from writers Dee Johnson (Fellow Travelers) and Paul Keables (Nashville), is based on an Israeli series titled Metim Lerega that ran on that country’s Hot platform.
Johnson and Keables will executive produce Marc Resteghini (Prime Video’s upcoming Young Sherlock) and Paper Plane Productions’ Alon Aranya (Your Honor, Tehran). Amazon MGM Studios is producing.
The Orpheus Project will center on “a group of young doctors saving lives by day and conducting dangerous experiments on themselves at night,” the show’s logline reads. “While these experiments are helping them solve complex medical cases, they come at a dark cost, placing them at the center of a twisted conspiracy that crosses into death itself.”
Johnson and Keables previously worked together on Nashville, Nat Geo’s scripted series Mars and Boss at Starz. Johnson was an executive producer and writer on Showtime’s Emmy-nominated Fellow Travelers and next has the Tessa Thompson-led His & Hers at Netflix; her credits also include ER and Southland. She is repped by CAA, Anonymous Content and Johnson Shapiro.
Keables earned his first writing credit on Boss; he’s also penned episodes of FX’s The Strain and Netflix’s Spinning Out. He is repped by CAA, Epicenter and Jackoway Austen.
The Israeli series was created by Roni Yaddor, Ruth Weinberg, Gal Zaid and Michal Aviram and produced by Endemol Shine Israel.
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