According to Deadline, Oscar winner Adam McKay (Vice, Succession, The Big Short) is developing a limited series for HBO based on The First Shot, a non-fiction book by The Atlantic and The New York Times writer Brendan Borrell about the hunt for the COVID-19 vaccine.
Borrell’s other work includes coverage for rare genetic diseases for The New York Times and Australia’s flesh-eating bacteria problem for The Atlantic.
The book reportedly sold at auction to publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and tells the story of the global coronavirus vaccine race.
The outlet notes that Borrell has been closely covering the coronavirus vaccine search.