Sosie Bacon joins The Black Tapes: her role opposite Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Bacon is set to play a physicist alongside Coster-Waldau in MGM+’s adaptation of the horror podcast. Production is scheduled to begin in Vancouver in January 2027.
Sosie Bacon is set to play a lead role opposite Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in MGM+’s The Black Tapes, Variety reported on October 27. The upcoming series adapts the horror podcast into a supernatural investigation drama, with production scheduled to begin in Vancouver in January 2027.
Bacon will play Alex Regan, a physicist who investigates the cases with Coster-Waldau’s Dr. Richard Strand, a psychiatrist. Variety describes Regan as a methodical skeptic whose scientific training is challenged by mounting evidence she cannot easily explain.
What is The Black Tapes about?
The series takes its name from the horror podcast created by Terry Miles and Paul Bae. Its premise sends Strand and Regan into cases involving hauntings, possessions, disappearances and sinister legends known as the black tapes. Their investigation leads them toward a hidden occult world and a centuries-old conspiracy.
The casting gives the adaptation its central pair: Coster-Waldau had already been announced as Strand, and Bacon is now set to play Regan. Variety says the first season will run for eight episodes. The paranormal cases and conspiracy are the show’s fictional story, rather than events presented as real investigations.
Who is making the MGM+ series?
Miles and Bae are writing and executive producing the television adaptation, Deadline reported. John Rogers is its showrunner and an executive producer, alongside Kearie Peak of Peak Pictures and Jennifer Court of Kung Fu Monkey Productions. MGM+ Studios will produce the series.
Deadline says the show is intended for MGM+ in the United States, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Latin America. Production is scheduled to start in Vancouver in January 2027. Neither report gives a premiere date.
Where have viewers seen Sosie Bacon before?
Bacon starred in the horror films Smile and Smile 2 and has appeared in Mare of Easttown, Narcos: Mexico and 13 Reasons Why, according to Variety. Deadline reports that she recently finished filming the second season of Scarpetta, reprising her role as Abby Turnbull.
Deadline also says Bacon will appear in Family Movie, a horror comedy starring her parents, Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon. That film is slated for release on April 23, 2027. Her new television role puts her at the center of another horror project, this time built around the podcast’s skeptical investigators.
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Sources and context
- Sosie Bacon Joins Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in ‘Black Tapes’ Series at MGM+Variety
- Sosie Bacon Set As Co-Lead In MGM+ Series ‘The Black Tapes’Deadline
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