‘The Stranger’s’ Unlikely Second Act: How Veena Sud Turned Her Quibi Series Into a Feature Film for Hulu
variety.comBrent Lang Executive Editor In April 2020, “The Stranger,” the story of a driver who picks up the rideshare passenger from hell, debuted on Quibi with the world in lockdown.
Like most of the bite-sized pieces of entertainment that premiered on the service it came and went without much fanfare, a fate that ultimately was shared by Quibi itself.
Launched by Jeffrey Katzenberg with the idea of making short pieces of content that could be consumed on smartphones by people in transit, Quibi had the misfortune of launching as COVID-19 was leading the world into an extended period of couch potato-dom. “Obviously, the timing was unfortunate,” says Veena Sud, the writer, director and show-runner of “The Stranger.” “But Jeffrey was very generous in supporting all of us filmmakers over the course of making our shows.
It just didn’t succeed.” But “The Stranger” has a fresh chance to connect with audiences who may have missed it the first time around.
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