Dead Ringers (miniseries)
Dead Ringers is an American psychological thriller drama television miniseries developed by Alice Birch. It is based on the 1988 film of the same name by David Cronenberg, itself adapted from the 1977 novel Twins by Bari Wood and Jack Geasland. The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on April 21, 2023.[2]
Dead Ringers
Dead Ringers
by David Cronenberg
by
- Bari Wood
- Jack Geasland
Murray Gold (all episodes)
United States
English
6
- James G. Robinson
- David Robinson
- Barbara Wall
- Anne Carey
- Polly Stokes
- Erica Kay
- Stacy O'Neil
- Sean Durkin[1]
- Ali Krug
- Sue Naegle
- Megan Ellison
- Rachel Weisz
- Alice Birch
- Jody Lee Lipes (episode 1-2)
- Laura Merians Gonçalves (episode 3-6)
52–64 minutes
- Astral Projection
- Morgan Creek Entertainment
- Annapurna Television
- Amazon Studios
April 21, 2023
Production[edit]
Development[edit]
In August 2020, it was announced Amazon Prime Video had given a straight-to-series order to a television series based upon David Cronenberg's 1988 film Dead Ringers, with Annapurna Television set to produce, and Alice Birch set to serve as head writer and executive producer.[3] Sean Durkin, Lauren Wolkstein and Karyn Kusama will direct episodes of the series.[4][5]
Casting[edit]
Upon the initial announcement, it was revealed Rachel Weisz would star in the series.[3] In July 2021, it was announced Michael Chernus had joined the cast as a series regular.[6] In August 2021, it was announced Poppy Liu and Britne Oldford had joined the cast as series regulars, with Jeremy Shamos, Jennifer Ehle and Emily Meade set to recur.[7][8][9]
Release[edit]
The series had its world premiere at the 2023 Canneseries on April 15, competing for Long Form competition.[12] All six episodes of the series were released on April 21, 2023.[2]