HBO to Adapt Season 3 of Hit Podcast SERIAL About Ohio's Criminal Justice System
Season 3 of the hit podcast Serial is set to be adapted at HBO. The third season of the anthology series is “set in the Cleveland justice system. Unlike the first two seasons, which featured one case, it looked at the system overall with focuses on cases before the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas such as a woman who accidentally hits a police officer after being assaulted in a bar and a young African American man who is assaulted by police officers for being in possession of marijuana.”
Deadline reports, “The television adaptation will follow a young cop and the man he’s accused of beating, it illuminates the deeply flawed inner workings of a middle-American courthouse and how the system impacts every person it touches: cop, lawyer, and citizens accused of and victimized by crimes.”
The series is being helmed by writer/director Shola Amoo (A Moving Image, The Last Tree) and exec produced by Lebron James and former HBO exec Kary Antholis. Serial host Sarah Koenig will exec produce with Serial Productions’ Emmanuel Dzotsi and Alissa Shipp.
I am a huge fan of this podcast, and I am excited to see another season of the series on TV. Are you a fan of the podcast as well?