From Limetown to Homecoming, it looks like fictional podcasts are having their moment. Next up: NBC has announced that it’s turning the supernatural podcast The Black Tapes into a television series.
As reported by Deadline, NBC is working on an adaptation of The Black Tapes. It’s a fictional podcast that tells the story of a reporter named Alex Reagan (voiced by Lori Henry) working to uncover the truth behind a series of supposedly supernatural occurrences that paranormal investigator Dr. Richard Strand (voiced by Christian Sloan) has failed to debunk, collated into a group of files called the Black Tapes. The podcast ran from 2015 to 2017 (with more episodes promised earlier this year), ending on a cliffhanger that frustrated some fans.
This is just one of several fictional podcasts that are currently being adapted into shows—no doubt following the success of Amazon’s Homecoming starring Julia Roberts. For…
