Adam McKay is developing a limited series about Jeffrey Epstein at HBO, Variety has learned.
The untitled series is based on Miami Herald investigative reporter Julie K. Brown’s upcoming book about Epstein. Brown’s reporting was a driving force behind the multimillionaire financier’s arrest this past July on sex trafficking charges. McKay will executive produce along with Brown and his producing partner, Kevin Messick. McKay is also attached to direct the pilot.
The potential series falls under a new five-year first-look television deal that McKay has signed with HBO to develop content for both HBO and the streaming service HBO Max.
McKay will produce under his new company, Hyperobject Industries, with Messick joining the company as a partner. Given the current situation with the WGA, no Hyperobject Industries project will be part of any packaging deals through WME, who rep McKay as a director and producer.
Epstein died in his cell in a New York detention center in August in an apparent suicide, though many have speculated that he was murdered.
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