Adam Scott and "Severance" Writers Working on "Shifter" Adaptation for Hulu

Three of the creatives behind Severance are teaming up for a new Hulu sci-fi series based on the graphic novel Shifter.

What's Happening:

• Deadline reports that Severance star Adam Scott and writers Ezra Claytan Daniels and Eli Jorné are developing a series based on graphic novel Shifter for the Disney-owned streamer.
• Shifter is based on the Hachette graphic novel from Koren Shadmi, who is a consulting producer on the project.
• The project is is set in the near-future, where a banned cosmetic procedure lets people change their faces on the fly, creating a new underground industry of Shifters, who can become anyone you want, for any purpose you can imagine, for a fee. Rose is making a name for herself as one of the best, but the more she gives to her gigs, the more she risks losing herself.
• Jorné is an exec producer on the third season of Severance, while Daniels is a writer on the third season and is writing the screenplay for the remake of Wes Craven’s The People Under the Stairs.
• The pair will exec produce alongside Great Scott Productions’ Adam Scott, Naomi Scott and Kevin Cotter.

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