Showtime has given a pilot greenlight to Yellowjackets, a drama from writers Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson (Narcos), Entertainment One and studio-based producer Drew Comins. Karyn Kusama (Destroye…
is equal parts survival epic, horror story and coming-of-age drama and relates the narrative of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the Ontario wilderness.
is a fascinating, genre-spanning story that will resonate with viewers young and old,” said Jana Winograde, President of Entertainment, Showtime Networks. “With a background helming projects that visit the places of both our wildest dreams and worst nightmares, Karyn is the perfect director to bring Ashley and Bart’s wonderful script to life.”landed at Showtime for development in a competitive situation a little more than a year ago. The project was an original idea by Lyle and Nickerson.
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