Overview
- Multiple outlets reported on Friday and Saturday, May 29–30, 2026, that Emmy winner Sarah Snook is attached to lead the limited series and that Tom Spezialy is writing and will executive produce.
- The project is set in Alaska and centers on Myra Massey, a traveling magistrate who returns to her isolated hometown for a presumptive death hearing and encounters a murder mystery as unexplained bird attacks escalate.
- Universal International Studios and Heyday Television are producing the package and executive producers include Snook, Spezialy, David Heyman and Jennifer Gabler Rawlings.
- Heyday Television’s development lead has said the series will draw from Daphne du Maurier’s 1952 novella rather than directly remake Alfred Hitchcock’s 1963 film, with creators flagging climate‑related and topical themes.
- The package is being shopped to networks and streamers and has not been greenlit, so cast, creative roles and a release plan remain unconfirmed while the project seeks a distributor.