WT Deals: Skydance Television to Develop TV Series from P. Djéli Clark’s Novella ‘Ring Shout’

Skydance Television has acquired the rights to P. Djéli Clark’s Ring Shout, a novella about otherworldly evil in the 1920s South that manifests in the form of monsters who thrive on—and in—people filled with hate.

Clark will executive produce along with Kasi Lemmons, who is set to serve as showrunner and will write and direct the series. Kiki Layne will star and also executive produce; Marc Evans, Matt Jackson, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Bill Bost will also executive produce. Clark is represented by Matt Sugarman.

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