Fear Series Being Developed At Peacock By The Path's Jessica Goldberg

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A new series is currently under development atPeacock based on Reese Witherspoon and Mark Wahlberg's 1990s thriller Fear. Jessica Goldberg (The Path) is set to both write and produce the series along with Imagine Television and Universal Television.

The original Fear film, released in 1996, involves a teenager, Nicole (played by Witherspoon), who falls for and then fears an obsessive boyfriend, David (played by Wahlberg). The film, directed by James Foley and written by Christopher Crowe, was a hit at the box office, garnering praise for the performances of Witherspoon and Wahlberg, both still very early in their careers. The original also starred Alyssa Milano, William Petersen, and Amy Brenneman. The film was produced by Universal Pictures and grossed $21 million with a low $6.5 million production budget. It has since gone on to achieve further success and cult status on DVD and streaming.

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According to Variety, the Peacock series will follow a similar storyline of a toxic relationship but will expand both the character’s dimensions and offer multiple points-of-view. «This modern series reinvention finds two young lovers in a psychological game of cat and mouse—but who’s the cat, and who’s the mouse? When David and Nicole first meet in Seattle, it feels like an epic, once-in-a-lifetime romance – but soon it becomes clear that the seemingly perfect couple is anything but,» reads the official Fear series logline. «Told from conflicting points of view, the series wrestles with personal demons, hidden agendas and reframes the 'he said she said' convention into a twist-filled suspense story about toxic relationships.”

Writer and producer Goldberg's credits include the recent Hulu