Netflix Orders 'Sid & Zoey': A Supernatural YA Mystery from Blumhouse, Bad Robot and the Writers of 'Solo' and 'Ozark'
Netflix has ordered Sid & Zoey, an eight-episode supernatural mystery romance aimed at young-adult audiences, from writers Jon Kasdan and John Shiban, with Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Bad Robot producing (Deadline).
The straight-to-series order — meaning no pilot is shot first — came out of a highly competitive development deal, according to Deadline. Kasdan and Shiban created the series together and will serve as showrunners, the people who oversee the writers' room and guide the show from script to screen.
The story follows Sid, a seductive, sophisticated and amoral teenager from New York sent to live with a police chief and his family in an idyllic Mississippi town where his mother grew up. The chief's household includes his sharp-witted, punk-rock daughter, Zoey. Sid and Zoey resist their mutual attraction, then find themselves pulled into a dark, hidden world beneath the town's surface — and a supernatural mystery that may get them killed.
Blumhouse Atomic Monster is the studio on the series, the merged horror powerhouse behind franchises like Five Nights at Freddy's and The Conjuring. Jason Blum, James Wan and Rob Hackett executive produce for Blumhouse Atomic Monster, alongside J.J. Abrams and Rachel Rusch Rich for Bad Robot. Kasdan and Shiban also serve as executive producers.
Kasdan wrote the screenplay for The First Time, co-wrote 2018's Solo: A Star Wars Story, and wrote and directed In the Land of Women. Shiban was a writer and executive producer on Ozark and directed episodes of NOS4A2 and Better Call Saul.
The Sid & Zoey order was revealed as part of Netflix's announcement of a new hub for YA content — a dedicated space on the platform comprising several hundred original or licensed movies and shows about coming-of-age stories of young adults. The move bundles a large library of existing titles alongside new commissions under a single destination for that audience.
What makes this project stand out is the producing pedigree behind a genre often run on smaller budgets. Blumhouse and Bad Robot are names more commonly attached to adult-skewing genre films and prestige drama than to teen romance. Kasdan's screenplay work on Solo and Shiban's time in the Ozark writers' room bring mainstream credentials to a series that blends mystery, the supernatural and a central romance.
No premiere date, cast or additional creative team members have been announced. Netflix has not yet specified when the YA hub will launch or which existing titles will be included.
