The Venery of Samantha Bird

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The Venery of Samantha Bird
GenreDrama
Created byAnna Moriarty
Written byAnna Moriarty
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producersAnna Moriarty
Salvatore Stabile
Jessica Rhoades
Rachel Polan
Jessica Yu
Larysa Kondracki
Nicole Jefferson Asher
Production companiesPacesetter Productions
Brooklynwood Productions
Lionsgate Television
Paramount Television Studios

The Venery of Samantha Bird is an unaired drama television show.

Contents

Premise

Samantha Bird is visiting family in New England and reconnects with her childhood sweetheart. As of this, she falls headlong into a seemingly perfect storybook romance. Under the dream, an uncomfortable interpretation of this romantic affair in this haunting portrayal of love and repercussions on the families of a small new England town.

Cast

Production

In September 2020, Variety magazine exclusively reported Starz is in early development on a drama with Anna Moriarty as producer and writer in her premiere television credit. [1]

In October 2022, Deadline Hollywood revealed that Starz had given a series order to the drama television series with Katherine Langford attached to star. [2]

In January 2023, Finn Jones, Francesca Reale, Embeth Davidtz, Brenda Strong, Adam Faison, Shalini Bathina, and Tyrone Marshall Brown, were cast in the series. Larysa Kondracki signed on to direct four episodes and serve as executive director, and Nicole Jefferson Asher joined as producer. [3] [4]

In February 2023, Henry Czerny and Doug Savant were cast in recurring roles. [5]

Production started on January 2, 2023, in Montreal. [6] with a scheduled ending in May 2023. [7] In May 2023, Deadline Hollywood exclusively reported that the television series had filmed six episodes before it was forced to pause production due to 2023 Writers Guild of America strike. [8]

In September 2023, it was announced that the series would not resume filming following the resolution of the 2023 Writers Guild of America strike, with Starz no longer moving forward with the series. [9]

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