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Bill Hader to Co-Write, Potentially Star in Jonestown Series in Development at HBO (EXCLUSIVE)


Bill Hader and Daniel Zelman are developing an HBO series centered on Jim Jones and the infamous events at Jonestown.

Variety has learned exclusively that Hader and Daniel Zelman are currently developing an HBO series centered on Jim Jones and the infamous events at the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, a.k.a. Hader is also known for his time as a cast member on “Saturday Night Live” as well as for shows like “South Park” and for films like “IT: Chapter Two,” “The Skeleton Twins,” “Inside Out,” and “Trainwreck.” Zelman and the Kesslers later collaborated on the Netflix series “Bloodline,” which ran for three seasons and won Ben Mendelsohn the Emmy for best supporting actor in a drama in 2016.

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