Overview
- The project, which HBO took into development Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026, attaches Emmy winner Sarah Snook to star and to serve as an executive producer.
- Tom Spezialy wrote the pilot and is credited as writer and executive producer alongside David Heyman, Danny Samit, and Jennifer Gabler Rawlings.
- Universal Global Television and Heyday Television are co-producing with HBO while Universal Pictures and the du Maurier estate retain the underlying rights to The Birds.
- The limited-series concept is described as a present-day reimagining set in Alaska that centers on Myra Massey, a mother returning home to probe a suspicious disappearance as deadly bird attacks escalate.
- This announcement is the latest attempt to revive the property after earlier stalled projects in 2007 and 2017, and it links established HBO collaborators to a high-profile adaptation that could shape the franchise’s future.