Cristina Ricci (Yellow jackets, Wednesday) AND Hamish Linklater (The new adventures of old Christine, Manhunt) have signed on to star in a new true crime series titled Chopper shop. The show is set in the funeral home industry in the San Fernando Valley of the 1980s.
“Inspired by Kathy Braidhill’s book of the same name, the series will tell the chilling and twisted story of the Lamb Funeral Home in 1980s Los Angeles.
“When David Sconce – the Machiavellian scion of a Bible college football coach and church organist – takes the reins of the family business, the seemingly all-American clan begins a stunning descent from saints to sinners.
“Desperate to keep their funeral business afloat, Sconce concocts a sinister new business strategy, replete with body harvesting and mass cremation. The script will paint a heartbreaking portrait of arrogance versus the neon greed of the era, where insatiable ambition transforms a former football star into a Southern California sociopath.”
Linklater will play David Sconce and Ricci will play a journalist inspired by Braidhill. Andy Bellin (Lovelace) Is writing.
The producers are Ricci, Laura Rister (The story, Ferrari) and Untitled Entertainment with the team currently scouting potential directors and showrunners to complete the package.
Sounds like a super interesting series! I used to work at funeral homes in Southern California and just finished watching Six feet under, so I’m particularly prepared for this type of content. Stay tuned for more information as the project develops and lands on a network or streamer.
via: Deadline
by Jessica Fisher
Source: Geek Tyrant
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