Starz Drama Series ‘The Venery of Samantha Bird’ Pauses Production With Two Episodes Left To Shoot
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Starz’ The Venery of Samantha Bird has shut down production as a result of the writers strike. Deadline understands that the drama series has paused filming with two episodes of its eight episode order left to shoot.
The series shoots in Montreal. It comes after Netflix’s Rob Lowe comedy series Unstable and HBO Max’s Hacks were shut down for similar reasons and writers rooms for shows such as Starz’ Power Book III: Raising Kanan, NBC’s Night Court, Netflix’s Cobra Kai, Showtime’s Yellowjackets and ABC’s Abbott Elementary also closed their writing rooms.
The series stars Katherine Langford in the title role and was created by Anna Moriarty. It follows Samantha Bird, who, while visiting family in New England, Samantha Bird reconnects with her childhood sweetheart and falls headlong into a seemingly perfect storybook romance.
But underneath their fever dream lurks a more unsettling interpretation of this affair. The series is described as a haunting portrayal of addictive love and the repercussions that a relationship has on the families in a small New England town.
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