In this June 2, 2017 file photo, Tom McCarthy arrives at the “13 Reasons Why” FYC Event in Beverly Hills, Calif. McCarthy is in negotiations to direct a film based on the seven-episode podcast “S-Town”. Image: Invision/Jordan Strauss via AP
NEW YORK (AP) — The popular true-crime podcast “S-Town” is being developed as a movie.
The film production company Participant Media has acquired the feature-film rights to the seven-episode podcast. “Spotlight” director Tom McCarthy is in negotiations to direct.
Made by the creators of the podcast “Serial”, ”S-Town” is about an Alabama antique clock restorer from Woodstock, Alabama, named John B. McLemore. In 2012, he sent an email to the makers of “This American Life” asking for help in a murder investigation.
Longtime “This American Life” producer Brian Reed traveled to McLemore’s hometown. But Reed uncovered not so much a whodunit procedural as a more mysterious small-town tale.
Deadline first reported the deal. CC
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