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MGM+ is reaching the end of an era with its horror hit From nearing its final chapter. Premiering back in 2022, the Lost-like series starring Harold Perrineau has grown from a hidden gem stashed within the smaller streaming service to easily one of its most recognizable properties, praised for its blend of terror and ever-unfolding mysteries. Season 5 has been announced as its last, and expectations are for it to premiere sometime next year. Before then, though, the platform has found its next macabre show that will look to fill that absence with a very X-Files-like premise.
The streamer officially greenlit The Black Tapes, a new eight-episode supernatural horror mystery series that's set to begin production in Vancouver in January. It's based on the smash-hit podcast of the same name, which launched in 2015 from creators Terry Miles and Paul Bae and ran for three seasons, totaling 30 episodes by the time it wrapped in 2017. Both Miles and Bae have been tapped as writers and executive producers, with Kearie Peak of Peak Pictures and John Rogers and Jennifer Court of Kung Fu Monkey executive producing alongside them and MGM Studios producing. Two-time Game of Thrones Emmy nominee Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, fresh off returning for Season 2 of Apple TV's The Last Thing He Told Me, will lead the charge as the enigmatic psychiatrist Dr. Richard Strand.
As one of the earlier horror podcasts to take off, The Black Tapes has been recognized as one of the genre's more influential titles, reaching over 60 million downloads since its premiere more than a decade ago. The television series adaptation will follow the brilliant Dr. Strand alongside the obsessed, relentless scientist Alex Regan to debunk the titular black tapes, an infamous collection documenting all things paranormal, including "hauntings, possessions, disappearances, and sinister legends." In trying to unravel these mysteries, however, they learn that the truth runs even deeper, revealing a secret occult world behind our own with an apocalyptic conspiracy that they must race to unwind.
The Black Tapes enters production next year. Stay tuned here at Collider for more updates until then.
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