‘Kid Detective’ Series Adaptation in the Works at Hulu (EXCLUSIVE)

Evan Morgan will executive produce, with Rachel Kaplan exec producing via Abescon Entertainment

Hulu is developing a series version of the 2020 movie “The Kid Detective,” Variety has learned exclusively.

Evan Morgan, who wrote and directed the film, is attached as an executive producer on the project. Alex Berger will write and executive produce. Rachel Kaplan of Abescon Entertainment will also executive produce, with Jonathan Bronfman and Will Woods — who produced the film — producing the series as well. Adam Brody, who starred in “The Kid Detective,” is not attached at this time.

The logline for the series states, “When a missing persons case reopens the childhood murder he never solved, a washed-up former kid detective gets one last shot at proving his best days aren’t behind him.”

Brody starred as the titular kid detective Abe Applebaum in the film, which debuted at TIFF in 2020. The film was well-received by critics upon its release. In his review for Variety, Tomris Laffly wrote “Splendidly summoning film noir-esque vibes, classically ghastly bad guys and femme fatale types out of a whimsical small town full of grotesque mysteries, this bold and often surprisingly humorous film…grapples with themes related to murder and…

Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/