HBO secures Sarah Snook series inspired by Hitchcock’s The Birds
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HBO has secured the developing limited series inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s *The Birds*, with Sarah Snook set to star. The move brings the project to the network after it was reported to be on the market over the summer, and gives the classic horror story a new television adaptation.
Snook will play Myra Massey, who returns home with her daughter while escaping a custody battle and investigating a childhood friend’s disappearance. Tom Spezialy wrote the pilot and will executive produce alongside Snook, David Heyman, Danny Samit and Jennifer Gabler Rawlings. Daphne du Maurier’s story was published in 1952 and Hitchcock’s film was released in 1963; HBO is co-producing the series with Universal Global Television.
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In short
- HBO has picked up a limited series inspired by *The Birds*.
- Sarah Snook will star as a mother investigating a disappearance.
- The story links the crime to unexplained bird attacks.
How this story developed
- 15 minutes ago The project is now described as being in development, with the story framed around Massey protecting her daughter from threats connected to the disappearance; Tom Spezialy wrote the pilot and will executive produce with Snook and the other named producers.
- 23 minutes ago HBO acquired a limited series inspired by Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds, with Sarah Snook cast as Myra Massey, a woman who returns home with her daughter while fleeing a custody battle and probing a childhood friend’s disappearance.
Explained simply
Daphne du Maurier’s 1952 story The Birds is about unexplained attacks by birds on people. Alfred Hitchcock adapted it into a film in 1963, which became a well-known work of suspense and horror.
Sarah Snook is an Australian actor best known for playing Shiv Roy in the television drama Succession. In the planned series, she is set to play Myra Massey, a woman who returns home and investigates what happened to a childhood friend while trying to protect her daughter.
The series is being developed by HBO and Universal Global Television as a new take on du Maurier’s premise. Its story brings the original’s threat of bird attacks into a plot about family, a disappearance and a custody dispute.
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Originally published by Variety as “‘The Birds’ Reboot: Sarah Snook to Lead HBO Limited Series Take on Hitchcock Classic”.