FOX has handed out a script commitment plus penalty for the one-hour drama series Strangers based on the bestselling book by Dean Koontz.
Teen Wolf and Criminal Minds creator Jeff Davis, Drop Dead Diva creator alum Josh Berman and Sony Pictures TV are all teaming for the project which tells the story of several different people, thousands of miles apart, from different walks of life, finding themselves struck by unusual fears and sudden phobias.
A novelist in California suffers unbearable sleep terrors. In Boston, a surgeon’s intense panic attacks threaten her career. A priest in Chicago dreads the rise of the moon. An ex-Marine develops a paralyzing fear of the dark.
All are connected by a forgotten trauma, repressed memories now surfacing and leading each of them to one destination: a small motel in Nevada where a dark secret lies hidden – one that could change the course of humanity itself.
Davis, Berman, Koontz and Chris King will executive produce for Sony Pictures TV and Osprey Productions.
