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Sarah Snook will star in a limited series adaptation of The Birds, set to air on HBO, portraying Myra Massey, a woman who returns home to Alaska with her daughter after a custody dispute and investigates the disappearance of a childhood friend. The series, described as a visceral, present-day reimagining of Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 film, centers on a murder mystery intertwined with deadly bird attacks. Tom Spezialy is the writer and executive producer, alongside Snook, David Heyman, and Danny Samit, with Universal Global Television producing. The project reunites Snook and Spezialy with HBO following their work on Succession and The Leftovers, respectively.
Based on Daphne du Maurier’s novella, the original 1963 film starred Tippi Hedren and was produced by Universal Pictures, which shares adaptation rights with the Du Maurier Estate. Previous attempts to reboot the story, including a 2007 film with Naomi Watts and a 2017 BBC series, did not materialize. This new series marks the first successful effort to adapt the story for television since those announcements.
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