TV Version Of 'Dead And Gone' Podcast In Development

TV Version Coming?

TENDERFOOT TV and DOUBLE ELVIS' podcast "DEAD AND GONE" is being adapted for television by WHEELHOUSE ENTERTAINMENT and documentarian JOE BERLINGER. The series examines the mystery of murdered and missing "Deadheads"; the first season, the subject of the TV adaptation, focuses on the murders of two young GRATEFUL DEAD fans in SAN FRANCISCO in 1986 and the question of whether the man who was convicted of the killings was the actual murderer  The TV version will be a scripted series, with BERLINGER, WHEELHOUSE's SCOTT LONKER, DOUBLE ELVIS' JAKE BRENNAN and BRADY SADLER, and TENDERFOOT TV's DONALD ALBRIGHT and PAYNE LINDSEY as Exec. Producers.

BERLINGEWR said, “As a former Deadhead, lifelong music fan and crime and justice filmmaker, I thought I died and went to heaven when listening to PAYNE and JAKE’s meticulously researched podcast. ‘DEAD AND GONE’ is an incredible weave of music history, social justice, and active true-crime investigation -- three areas that I have been lucky enough to explore in most of my past work as a filmmaker. There is so much potential here to not only immerse viewers in the iconic world of the GRATEFUL DEAD and their itinerant, dedicated fans, but to also dissect a troubling story of potential wrongful conviction, a story that is infused with a compelling mystery that surrounds the entire case even to this day.”

In a joint statement, LINDSEY and BRENNAN said, “JOE BERLINGER’s contribution to the true crime space is simply unmatched, and there is no one we’d rather partner with to adapt this complex investigation to the small screen. Many people don’t realize this larger story behind the GRATEFUL DEAD, and even though they’re so associated with ideas of freewill and positivity, it’s important we draw attention to these terrible occurrences existing within the fanbase.”

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