TNT Acquires British Drama 'The Lazarus Project' for 2023
Cable network TNT has acquired the rights to buzzy British action thriller The Lazarus Project, which follows the story of a covert team dedicated to preventing mass extinction events by resetting the timeline in which they occur.
The series initially aired in the U.K. back in August and hails from Girl/Haji creator Joe Barton. I May Destroy You breakout Paapa Essiedu stars as George, who is recruited into the mysterious titular group.
The series will be the first new scripted drama to appear on TNT since the April 2022 merger that brought Discovery and WarnerMedia together as Warner Bros. Discovery. The announcement of its acquisition arrives even as many entertainment pundits were predicting that ancillary cable networks like TNT and sister station TBS would likely get out of the scripted drama business altogether and focus on more reality-based programming. (Since the merger, several popular TNT series like Claws and Animal Kingdom have both ended, while its hit adaptation of Snowpiercer is headed into its fourth and final season.)
