{"id":35677,"date":"2022-04-11T16:19:19","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=35677"},"modified":"2022-04-11T16:19:19","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:19:19","slug":"peacock-announces-straight-to-series-order-of-dark-comedic-thriller-based-on-a-true-story-with-emmy-award-nominated-craig-rosenberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/11\/peacock-announces-straight-to-series-order-of-dark-comedic-thriller-based-on-a-true-story-with-emmy-award-nominated-craig-rosenberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Peacock Announces Straight to Series Order of Dark Comedic Thriller &#8220;Based on a True Story&#8221; with Emmy Award-Nominated Craig Rosenberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35678\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35678\" style=\"width: 675px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-35678 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jason-Bateman.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jason-Bateman.jpg 675w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Jason-Bateman-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Actor, Producer, and Director Jason Bateman circa 2021<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Peacock announced today the straight-to-series order of BASED ON A TRUE STORY, a dark comedic thriller from Emmy Award-nominated Craig Rosenberg (<em>The Boys, LOST, Preacher<\/em>). 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