Catherine Ryan Howard’s critically acclaimed bestseller 56 Days is getting the series treatment at Prime Video, with the streaming service greenlighting Obsession, based on Howard’s novel. Prime Video ordered Obsession to series, and The Rook‘s Lisa Zwerling and Karyn Usher are on board as writers and executive producers.
Atomic Monster’s James Wan, Michael Clear, and Rob Hackett are also involved as executive producers. Author Catherine Ryan Howard is confirmed as a co-executive producer.
“It’s a privilege to be trusted by the ingenious Catherine Ryan Howard in adapting the engrossing story of 56 Days for the screen,” stated Nick Pepper, head of U.S. SVOD wholly owned development, Amazon MGM Studios. “I have no doubt that the visionary team of James Wan, Lisa Zwerling, and Karyn Usher will transform this page-turner into a must-see original series for Prime Video subscribers around the globe.”
56 Days was published in August August 2021 and was set during the Covid-19 pandemic. The series will not use the pandemic as a backdrop.
“We’re thrilled to collaborate with Karyn and Lisa on this propulsive and sexy thriller based on Catherine’s captivating novel. Their vision for the series brings a fresh take for contemporary audiences while still remaining true to the genre,” said James Wan, executive producer.
Prime Video offered this description of the upcoming series:
“Obsession follows Oliver and Ciara, who, after meeting randomly in a supermarket, fall for each other fast, and dangerously hard. Fifty-six days later, homicide investigators arrive at Oliver’s apartment to find an unidentified body — brutally murdered and intentionally decomposed. Did he kill her? Did she kill him?
Intercutting between an intense single day in the present investigation and the twisted trajectory of the young lovers’ affair in the past, the series is both a unique crime story and a riveting, erotic, psychological thriller.”
