Abrams & James Wan Team Up for 8-Part Netflix Genre-Bending Drama

Netflix is developing a new supernatural teen drama called Sid & Zoey, with an eight-episode order secured and a powerhouse creative team behind it. Per Tudum, Jonathan Kasdan’s series has been picked up for eight episodes, with Kasdan writing and serving as showrunner. The gothic young-adult romance will be executive produced by Kasdan alongside John Shiban, while J. J. Abrams and Rachel Rusch Rich executive produce through Bad Robot, joined by Jason Blum, James Wan, and Rob Hackett via Blumhouse Atomic Monster. The story follows Sid, a seductive, amoral teen from New York sent to live in a Mississippi town, where he meets Zoey, the chief’s punk-rock daughter, and both are pulled into a hidden paranormal mystery beneath the town.