Sosie Bacon is set for a lead role in the upcoming MGM+ series “The Black Tapes,” Variety has learned.
\n\nBacon will star in the series alongside previously announced cast member Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. As previously reported, the show is based on the hit horror podcast of the same name and will begin production on its eight-episode first season in January in Vancouver.
\n\nThe official logline states, “Dr. Richard Strand (Coster-Waldau), a brilliant psychiatrist with a mysterious past, teams with the obsessed, relentless scientist Alex Regan (Bacon) to debunk paranormal cases of hauntings, possessions, disappearances, and sinister legends – the infamous black tapes. But as Strand and Regan unravel the secrets of these events, they uncover a hidden occult world behind our own and must unravel a centuries-old apocalyptic conspiracy.”
\n\nRegan is further described as “a brilliant, methodical physicist who joins the investigation of The Black Tapes as a debunker, but quickly finds her very scientific training means she can’t ignore the mounting evidence that these mysteries involve something beyond the natural world.”
\n\nBacon recently wrapped filming on Season 2 of “Scarpetta” for Amazon and has also starred in shows like “Mare of Easttown,” “Narcos: Mexico,” and “13 Reasons Why.” In film…
Original source: https://variety.com/v/tv/