AP ImagesThe company will team Gary Oldman and Douglas Urbanski's Flying Studios for the project.
The Weinstein Company is hoping to bring Truman Capote's In Cold Blood to the small screen.
TWC announced Monday that they have optioned the TV rights for the 1966 bestseller to adapt it as an event series. Gary Oldman and Douglas Urbanski's Flying Studios (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) will produce the project, with Kevin Hood (Becoming Jane) attached to write the project. Svp scripted TV Marc Velez, vp scripted TV Megan Spanjian and creative executive Lauren O'Connor will oversee the project for TWC.
In Cold Blood centered on the 1959 murders of the Clutters, a Kansas farming family and the effect their deaths had on the community and the men who were convicted of the crime. Originally a four-part serial in The New Yorker, it was published by Random House in 1966 and became one of the biggest selling true crime books of all time.
“Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood has been riveting audiences since it first hit the literary scene almost fifty years ago, and it continues to have that same thrilling, timeless appeal today," said TWC Co-Chairman Harvey Weinstein in a statement. "We are extremely excited to be partnering with Gary, Doug and the whole Flying Studios team to bring what’s sure to be an unbelievable series to TV viewers.”
True crime is a hot genre thanks to the success of HBO's recent six-part docu-series The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst as well as the popular podcast Serial.
There is no network currently attached to the project.
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