ABC has taken in for development medical drama The Front Line, executive produced by Michael Strahan and Constance Schwartz-Morini’s SMAC Entertainment, from writer Marc Halsey (The Resident) and ABC Signature.
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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorRachel Brosnahan is set to star in and executive produce podcast drama series “Listening In,” in which she will play a woman whose home sound system inexplicably lets her eavesdrop on people living in her apartment building.Audio content studio QCode will finance and distribute the podcast, producing “Listening In” alongside Automatik and Brosnahan’s production banner, Scrap Paper Pictures. The eight-episode first season of the series is slated to debut this spring.
Sabrina Jaglom (“Jane”) is attached as writer, director and executive producer of the series.“I have loved working with Sabrina, our friends at QCode and so many other fantastic talents to bring ‘Listening In’ to life in the audio space,” Brosnahan said in a statement. It’s the second podcast project this year for Brosnahan, best known for her award-winning role in “The Marvelous Mrs.
Maisel”: She also is starring in and executive producing “The Miranda Obsession,” a scripted podcast series for Audible based on the true story of Miranda Grosvenor, who seduced powerful men in Hollywood in the ’70s and ’80s over the phone.In “Listening In,” Brosnahan’s character becomes wrapped up in the lives of those around her, unwittingly entangling herself in situations she never anticipated as she realizes things are not always as they seem.“Through Rachel’s undeniable ability to bring a character to life and Sabrina’s riveting script and direction, ‘Listening In’ will create a wild ride for podcast fans,” QCode CEO Rob Herting said. Mariel Redlin of Automatik added, “We have been admirers of Rachel for a long time and are thrilled to work alongside her and Scrap Paper Pictures to bring this podcast to life.
ABC has taken in for development medical drama The Front Line, executive produced by Michael Strahan and Constance Schwartz-Morini’s SMAC Entertainment, from writer Marc Halsey (The Resident) and ABC Signature.
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