{"id":32491,"date":"2022-01-27T17:45:50","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T22:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=32491"},"modified":"2022-01-27T17:45:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T22:45:50","slug":"peacock-announces-straight-to-series-order-of-supernatural-drama-series-dead-day-from-universal-television-aftershock-media-and-prolific-producers-julie-plec-and-kevin-williamson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/01\/27\/peacock-announces-straight-to-series-order-of-supernatural-drama-series-dead-day-from-universal-television-aftershock-media-and-prolific-producers-julie-plec-and-kevin-williamson\/","title":{"rendered":"Peacock Announces Straight-to-Series Order of Supernatural Drama Series &#8220;Dead Day&#8221; from Universal Television, AfterShock Media, and Prolific Producers Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9230\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/peacock-tv-logo-black.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/peacock-tv-logo-black.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/peacock-tv-logo-black-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/peacock-tv-logo-black-260x129.jpg 260w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/peacock-tv-logo-black-160x79.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>Peacock announced today the straight-to-series order of supernatural drama series DEAD DAY, based on the bestselling AfterShock comic-book series created by Ryan Parrott, from producers Julie Plec (<em>The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Legacies<\/em>) and Kevin Williamson (<em>The Vampire Diaries, Dawson&#8217;s Creek, The Following<\/em>), who will serve as co-showrunners, writers and executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>DEAD DAY follows an ensemble of characters as they navigate the annual &#8220;dead day,&#8221; when for one night the dead come back to complete unfinished business &#8212; be that to celebrate a night back on earth or to torment the living. (The hit comic-book series was recently greenlit for Volume 2).<\/p><div id=\"morty-4022378471\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Plec and Williamson are reuniting after their last collaboration creating the long-running, fan-favorite hit TV series The Vampire Diaries.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Dead Day<\/em> combines an exciting, high-concept premise with relatable characters and real emotion,&#8221; said Lisa Katz, president scripted content, NBCUniversal Television, and Streaming. &#8220;We jumped at the opportunity to work with Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson, who not only have tremendous individual track records with their high-quality storytelling, but have created magic together before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson are each a powerhouse unto themselves, so we couldn&#8217;t have been more excited when they told us they wanted to team up again,&#8221; said Vivian Cannon, EVP, Drama Development, Universal Television. &#8220;<em>Dead Day<\/em> will be everything Julie and Kevin&#8217;s audiences love about their work &#8211; emotional, unexpected, and totally bingeable!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have been looking for a project to do together and <em>Dead Day<\/em> has all the ingredients we love as storytellers. Love, death, thrills and tears &#8212; and we know Susan Rovner and her team at Peacock is the perfect fit for this project,&#8221; said Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson.<\/p><div id=\"morty-3214371643\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We realized because of <em>Dead Day<\/em>&#8216;s unique, universally appealing concept that this AfterShock Comic would capture the audience&#8217;s imagination worldwide. And none of this would be possible without this recognition from our amazing partners: Julie Plec, Kevin Williamson, Universal Television, Peacock and Ryan Parrott, the creator of Dead Day,&#8221; said AfterShock Media&#8217;s Lee and Jon Kramer<\/p>\n<p>Plec is currently in production on Peacock&#8217;s upcoming YA supernatural drama series VAMPIRE ACADEMY, which she co-created and is co-showrunning, based on the bestselling book series of the same name, and she is also executive producing the upcoming NBC series The Endgame, which premieres Feb 21st.<\/p>\n<p>Williamson is currently in post on the thriller, SICK for Miramax Studios, which he serves as a producer. 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