Bill Hader will co-write a new HBO series about the Jonestown massacre

If you have seen swain All the way until his end, you are likely to be aware that Bill Hader is a kind of dark boy. He is always talking about his fascination with serial killers and killers, and now he is channeling that fascination on a HBO project. Variety It is reporting that Hader will co-write and potentially star in a new HBO series about the infamous Jonestown massacre.

Hader is co-writing the series with Daniel Zelman, and while still developing, the show may potentially be the future vehicle of Hader’s star with HBO, where he also worked swain.

Jim Jones is a infamous historical figure who founded the Temple of the People in the 1950s and eventually founded Jonestown in Guyana in the 1970s. His history and the story of his followers eventually came to international attention as he and over 900 of his followers committed suicide in 1978.

Jonestown has been studied in a number of books, but he has not adapted to TV or big screen since 1980. Quite strange, this news comes after a Jonestown movie has become a plot point in the Apple TV series+ StudioAlthough there is no link between the two projects.

Although Hader’s roots are in comedy, this new series suggests that he is interested in exploring more purely dramatic materials by moving forward. This was also true for swainWhich began as a comedy and gradually took on something that, though funny, had a much darker and more experimental tone. There is still no word when this series would be released if HBO would go with it.