Pagans: Say Nothing creator Joshua Zetumer’s supernatural drama gets straight-to-series order by Netflix

Say Nothing creator Joshua Zetumer is soon coming up with another intriguing series, Pagans. Netflix has given a straight-to-series order for the supernatural drama based on a spec script written by Zetumer.

The show has been described as a twisted tale of a family where parents have negative thoughts about their children. The story is based around a man who has recently lost his wife and fails to connect with his daughter.

There was an intense auction for the series in the last few days with multiple studios and streamers bidding to acquire its rights, considering the track record of Zetumer. Netflix ultimately won the auction and has become the streaming home of Pagans.

Joshua Zetumer’s Pagans to stream on Netflix

Pagans revolves around a man who loses his wife and becomes the only guardian and caregiver of his two children: a son and a daughter. While his son is a normal child, his daughter is not. The father and daughter have a troubled relationship, but soon it becomes evident that a sinister force is the reason why they are not able to connect with each other. The official synopsis of the show by Netflix reads:

“[The series] follows a man who becomes the sole caretaker of his two children after the tragic loss of his wife. While his son is typical, his daughter, Alice, is anything but. What starts as a strained father-daughter relationship soon evolves into something far more sinister.”

“Equal parts emotional, horrifying, and humorous, Pagans uses genre to unearth all the dark thoughts that parents have, the kind of thoughts mom and dad are never supposed to talk about.”

Describing the series, Netflix has disclosed that it is going to focus on negative thoughts that parents have about their kids, which they are not supposed to have. While most people do not act upon these thoughts, the series explores what would happen if a parent did.

The series has been written by Joshua Zetumer, the mind behind FX’s popular historical drama Say Nothing. The series was set during The Troubles in Northern Ireland and chronicled the abduction and murder of Jean McConville, a mother of ten children.

The series earned critical acclaim and was praised for its moral and political ambiguity. Zetumer received an Emmy nomination for his writing on the series and also won a Peabody Award. Apart from Say Nothing, Zetumer has worked on the scripts of movies like Patriots Day and RoboCop.

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Coming back to Pagans, more than 15 studios were in contention to acquire the series, and Netflix is said to have won the bidding by shelling out a huge chunk of money. The show’s cast has not been announced, and the release details have also been kept under wraps for now.

For more news and updates about Pagans and other Netflix shows, keep following Soap Central.

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