So, my partners and I, through our production company, optioned the rights to this GQ article a few years back...
Murder in the Meth Lab?
What began as a supposedly routine search of this single-wide in the Tennessee woods took a terrible turn when one cop shot his partner dead. Was it just a tragic accident - or was it premeditated, cold-blooded murder?
Since then, we've developed a pilot script - one of my favorites - with a fantastic writer, for a limit television series based on the article. While we were in the midsts of that, one of my good friends/partners decided to start a podcast company on the side, due to all the journalists we've met while optioning the rights to the various articles we've acquired, like the one above, realizing that many of these journalists have so many more stories to tell than what they can get published in magazines and online. Cut to a couple years later and that podcast company, Campside Media, is now producing hit after hit, with big-name journalist after big-name journalist, and so we decided to utilize Campside for an expanded podcast telling of the GQ article, with the original journalist, Sean, now serving as host. The idea is that the podcast will aid in making the overall "package" more attractive to buyers (the studios) of the eventual TV series, seeing as TV series are increasingly based on podcasts, and there's a built-in audience there, no different than adapting a popular book for the same reason.
Anyway, we're confident that this podcast - titled Friendly Fire - will do exactly what we need it do, but more importantly, I've listened to all eight episodes and can confidently say that it's genuinely a riveting deep dive into this heartbreaking whodunit of sorts, complete with all kinds of audio recordings from the events themselves, and recently conducted interviews with those were there.
Based on the strength of the pilot script, we've since teamed with two other producers (I can't say who yet, but they had a hit show this spring), and with them, we're currently taking the pilot script to potential female leads (to play the real-life Lori, at the center of the story), with some pretty exciting names in the mix, in hopes of adding a star to package before setting the series up with a studio.
This is all a long way of saying that if interested, when/if you guys get the chance, I'd love it if you would give it a listen and subscribe. As of today, all eight episodes are available, on all major podcast platforms, through a subscription service called called "The Binge" - or - you can listen for free, over the next eight weeks, starting with the first episode today.
Whenever I can relay more about the TV series itself, I'll do so in this thread. In the meantime, feel free to discuss the case/podcast here, ask me questions... whatever. Again, if anything, if you're into this sort of thing, it's absolutely worth your time, as it's produced by some of the best in the business (i.e. this is no mom-and-pop endeavor).
Thanks!
Witnessed: Friendly Fire
When a K-9 officer in the Scott County, Tennessee, Sheriff's Department winds up shot at the hands of his partner, a grieving widow takes it upon herself to untangle the truth from the lies. Was it just a catastrophic accident? Or an intentional killing? National Magazine Award-winning reporter Sean Flynn returns to Scott County two decades after the shooting to tell the story of one woman's pursuit of justice - and one community's enduring reckoning with the fallout.
Podcast Link - Apple
Podcast Link - Audible
Podcast Link - Spotify
(Just FYI, the TV series itself will not be called Friendly Fire. It was named that for podcasting reasons I had no say in. For the screen, we're either going with Version of Events (seeing as each episode will be told from a different perspective) or Carson County, my personal favorite. It just depends on where the show lands and what the consensus is.)
Murder in the Meth Lab?
What began as a supposedly routine search of this single-wide in the Tennessee woods took a terrible turn when one cop shot his partner dead. Was it just a tragic accident - or was it premeditated, cold-blooded murder?
Since then, we've developed a pilot script - one of my favorites - with a fantastic writer, for a limit television series based on the article. While we were in the midsts of that, one of my good friends/partners decided to start a podcast company on the side, due to all the journalists we've met while optioning the rights to the various articles we've acquired, like the one above, realizing that many of these journalists have so many more stories to tell than what they can get published in magazines and online. Cut to a couple years later and that podcast company, Campside Media, is now producing hit after hit, with big-name journalist after big-name journalist, and so we decided to utilize Campside for an expanded podcast telling of the GQ article, with the original journalist, Sean, now serving as host. The idea is that the podcast will aid in making the overall "package" more attractive to buyers (the studios) of the eventual TV series, seeing as TV series are increasingly based on podcasts, and there's a built-in audience there, no different than adapting a popular book for the same reason.
Anyway, we're confident that this podcast - titled Friendly Fire - will do exactly what we need it do, but more importantly, I've listened to all eight episodes and can confidently say that it's genuinely a riveting deep dive into this heartbreaking whodunit of sorts, complete with all kinds of audio recordings from the events themselves, and recently conducted interviews with those were there.
Based on the strength of the pilot script, we've since teamed with two other producers (I can't say who yet, but they had a hit show this spring), and with them, we're currently taking the pilot script to potential female leads (to play the real-life Lori, at the center of the story), with some pretty exciting names in the mix, in hopes of adding a star to package before setting the series up with a studio.
This is all a long way of saying that if interested, when/if you guys get the chance, I'd love it if you would give it a listen and subscribe. As of today, all eight episodes are available, on all major podcast platforms, through a subscription service called called "The Binge" - or - you can listen for free, over the next eight weeks, starting with the first episode today.
Whenever I can relay more about the TV series itself, I'll do so in this thread. In the meantime, feel free to discuss the case/podcast here, ask me questions... whatever. Again, if anything, if you're into this sort of thing, it's absolutely worth your time, as it's produced by some of the best in the business (i.e. this is no mom-and-pop endeavor).
Thanks!
Witnessed: Friendly Fire
When a K-9 officer in the Scott County, Tennessee, Sheriff's Department winds up shot at the hands of his partner, a grieving widow takes it upon herself to untangle the truth from the lies. Was it just a catastrophic accident? Or an intentional killing? National Magazine Award-winning reporter Sean Flynn returns to Scott County two decades after the shooting to tell the story of one woman's pursuit of justice - and one community's enduring reckoning with the fallout.
Podcast Link - Apple
Podcast Link - Audible
Podcast Link - Spotify
(Just FYI, the TV series itself will not be called Friendly Fire. It was named that for podcasting reasons I had no say in. For the screen, we're either going with Version of Events (seeing as each episode will be told from a different perspective) or Carson County, my personal favorite. It just depends on where the show lands and what the consensus is.)
