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EXCLUSIVE: Jack Quaid is moving into scripted podcasts.

EXCLUSIVE: Echoverse, the podcast company run by former Syfy executive Mark Stern, is moving into unscripted podcasts.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorKate Mara will topline “Necropolis,” a scripted supernatural thriller podcast series from sci-fi and fantasy podcast studio Echoverse.Mara (“A Teacher,” “The Martian,” “House of Cards”) also will executive produce the audio drama, alongside Project X Entertainment’s James Vanderbilt, William Sherak, Paul Neinstein and Nicole Tossou. “Necropolis” is adapted by Brian Miller (“Apollo 18”) from his short story of the same name.“Necropolis” follows Sarah Bishop (Mara) who, after a dishonorable discharge from the Army, moves with her two kids to a small California town to work as the deputy sheriff.

EXCLUSIVE: Alison Pill is getting into the scripted podcast universe.

EXCLUSIVE: Minnie Driver is getting into the scripted podcast world.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Whalerock Industries, Lloyd Braun’s West Hollywood-based production and consulting company behind such unscripted series as Battlebots, Hyperdrive and Ravi Patel’s Pursuit of Happiness, is making a push into podcasting.