The Black Tapes joins a slew of upcoming series adaptations based on podcasts, with Facebook Watch adapting Limetown starring Jessica Biel (The Sinner) and Stanley Tucci (The Devil Wears Prada) and National Public Radio’s Wait, Wait…
The series has accumulated 41.5 million downloads to date and continues to hold a top 10 spot on Apple’s podcast category.
Deadline reports that NBC has ordered a series adaptation of the supernatural drama podcast The Black Tapes from creator Paul Bae and Terry Miles alongside Emerald City co-creator Matthew Arnold.
The series will follow a journalist investigating the cases of the evangelical skeptic Dr. Richard Strand, who set out on various missions to debunk the supernatural, encountering people and events that involve personal and literal ghosts.