Overview

• HBO has greenlit early development of a series about Jim Jones and the 1978 Jonestown massacre, with Bill Hader and Daniel Zelman as co-writers and co-showrunners.
• Hader is set to direct the series and is in talks to potentially play Jim Jones, the infamous leader of the Peoples Temple.
• The series will explore the rise of Jones and the events leading to the mass murder-suicide of over 900 followers in Guyana, one of the deadliest cult tragedies in history.
• This marks another creative shift for Hader, known for his Emmy-winning dark comedy 'Barry,' as he delves into true-crime storytelling.
• Previous Hollywood attempts to dramatize Jonestown, including projects by Vince Gilligan, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, did not come to fruition.