2022-23 Peacock Series & Pilot Orders

DEAD DAY (Not going forward after being ordered straight to series)

Follows an ensemble of characters as they navigate the annual “dead day,” when for one night the dead come back to complete unfinished business — be that to celebrate a night back on earth or to torment the living. Based on the comic book by Ryan Parrott.

THE CALLING (Ordered straight to series in late 2021; eight episodes)

FKA The Missing

NYPD Detective Avraham Avraham's belief in mankind is his superpower when it comes to uncovering the truth. Guided by a deep sense of spirituality and religious principles, he is left to question his own humanity when a seemingly routine investigation turns upside down. Based on Dror A. Mishani's novel 'The Missing File.'

A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY (Ordered straight to series)

Based on the harrowing true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years by a charismatic, obsessed family “friend.” The Brobergs — devoted to their faith, family and community — were utterly unprepared for the sophisticated tactics their neighbor used to exploit their vulnerabilities, drive them apart and turn their daughter against them. This is the story of how their lives were permanently altered — and how they survived.

MRS. DAVIS (Ordered straight to series in 2021)

Plot details under wraps, but it's described as an exploration of faith versus technology — an epic battle of biblical and binary proportions, although plot details are being kept under wraps.

THE RESORT (Ordered straight to series)

An anniversary trip puts a marriage to the test when the couple finds themselves embroiled in one of the Mayan Riviera’s most bizarre unsolved mysteries that took place 15 years prior.

THOSE ABOUT TO DIE (Ordered straight to series)

Set in the spectacular, complex, and corrupt world of gladiatorial sports in Ancient Rome, it follows characters across the many layers of Roman society where sports, politics, and business intersect and collide. Based on Daniel Mannix’s nonfiction book.

TWISTED METAL (Ordered straight to series)

A motor-mouthed outsider is offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a postapocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a trigger-happy car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck. Based on the PlayStation game series.

UNTITLED JASON WOLINER

Under wraps but described as a “mind-bending project” that “mixes fact and fiction to tell a bizarre and incredible tale.”

THE CONTINENTAL (Ordered straight to series; moved from Starz)

Told from the perspective of the hotel manager, it explores the origin story and inner workings of the exclusive Continental Hotel, a centerpiece of the John Wick Universe that serves as a refuge for assassins.

BASED ON A TRUE STORY (Ordered straight to series)

Comedic thriller follows a realtor, a plumber and a former tennis star whose lives unexpectedly collide, exposing America's obsession with true crime, murder and the slow-close toilet seat.

CRYSTAL LAKE (Ordered straight to series)

'Friday the 13th prequel series. Details under wraps

UNTITLED IAN MCCULLOCH PROJECT (Ordered straight to series)

Follows a disparate group of people on a ranch who must come together in the face of a mysterious threat. Inspired by Robert McCammon's novel 'Stinger.'

APPLES NEVER FALL (Ordered straight to limited series)

Revolves around the Delaneys, who from the outside appear to be an enviably contented family. Former tennis coaches Joy and Stan are parents to four adult children. After 50 years of marriage, they finally have sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. But after Joy disappears, her children are forced to re-examine their parents’ marriage and their family history with fresh eyes. Based on the novel by Liane Moriarty.

THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ

The true-life story of Lale Sokolov, a Jewish prisoner who is given the job of tattooing identification numbers on fellow prisoners’ arms in the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp during World War II.  

HYSTERIA!

When a beloved varsity quarterback disappears during the “Satanic Panic” of the late 1980s, a struggling high school heavy metal band of outcasts realize they can capitalize on the town’s sudden interest in the occult by building a reputation as a satanic metal band, until a bizarre series of murders, kidnappings and reported “supernatural activity” triggers a leather-studded witch hunt that leads directly back to them.

BASED ON A TRUE STORY (Ordered straight to series)

Inspired by a bizarre true event, it follows a realtor, a plumber and a former tennis star whose lives unexpectedly collide, exposing America's obsession with true crime, murder and the slow-close toilet seat.

BUPKIS (Ordered straight to series)

A heightened, fictionalized version of Pete Davidson's life with an unapologetically R-rated storytelling.

PITCH PERFECT (Ordered straight to series; working title)

Set several years after the 'Pitch Perfect' film, Bumper Allen moves to Germany to revive his music career when one of his songs becomes big in Berlin. 

IN THE KNOW (Ordered straight to series; animated)

Lauren Caspian is NPR’s third-most-popular host. He’s a well-meaning, hypocritical nimrod, just like you and me. He’s also a stop-motion puppet. Each episode follows the making of an episode of Lauren’s show 'In the Know,' in which he conducts in-depth interviews with real-world human guests. Lauren collaborates with a diverse crew of NPR staff. They are also puppets and nimrods.