Singer & songwriter Halsey is adding screenwriter to her resume. Variety has learned exclusively that the platinum-selling artist is currently developing a dark comedy TV series at Amazon Prime Video.
Halsey, whose given name is Ashley Frangipane, is set to serve as the creator, writer, and executive producer of “Bloodlust” for Amazon but is not going to star in the show. Ti West is attached to direct and executive produce, with Mark Friedman (“Severance,” “Dispatches From Elsewhere”) onboard as executive producer and showrunner. Anthony Li, Halsey’s manager, also executive produces. Amazon MGM Studios will produce.
Exact plot details are being kept under wraps. The project has been in development at Amazon for some time with Halsey, Li, and Friedman attached, but no details had emerged until now.
The show would reunite Halsey and West. West recently wrote, directed, and produced the horror feature “MaXXXine,” the third film in the “X” film series, with Halsey appearing in the role of Tabby Martin.
Halsey’s other acting credits include appearing as herself in “A Star Is Born” as well as the Showtime series “Roadies” and the animated series “Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?” She has also played roles in the films “Americana,” “Sing 2,” and “Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.” She is of course best known for her musical career, having released the hit studio albums “Badlands,” “Hopeless Fountain Kingdom,” “Manic,” “If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power,” and most recently “The Great Impersonator.”
West also wrote and directed the other two films in the “X” series, “X” and “Pearl.” He has also written and directed horror films like “The House of the Devil,” “Trigger Man,” “The Innkeepers,” and “In the Valley of Violence.”
Halsey is repped by UTA and The Lede Company. West is repped by CAA, LBI Entertainment, and Lichter Grossman. Friedman is repped by UTA and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.
From Variety US