''The Blondes'' is a 2019 scripted
podcast
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based on the novel of the same name by
Emily Schultz
Emily Schultz (born 1974) is an American fiction writer raised in Canada and now living in Brooklyn, New York.
Life and career
During an onstage interview with Margaret Atwood, Schultz described how her own family settled in Canada from Michig ...
. It was released on July 8, 2019, starring
Madeline Zima
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,
Robert Belushi
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, Helen Hong, Dana Berger, and
Cecilia Corrigan.
Background
The first season follows several characters as they negotiate a world where a form of rabies afflicts blonde women.
In June 2017,
The Hollywood Reporter
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revealed that ''The Blondes'' would be among the first series to premiere on
AMC Networks
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AMC Networks owns and operates the eponymous cable channel and its siblings, IFC, We TV, and Sundance TV; the art house movie theater IFC Cen ...
' Shudder streaming service.
In 2019, Schultz regained the rights and collaborated with executive producer
Duncan Birmingham along with directors
Brian Joseph Davis and Jenny Grace to create a podcast that drew on the novel.
In 2020, it was announced that the European podcast network, Sybel,
will produce French and Spanish language versions of The Blondes podcast.
References
External links
SpotifyApple PodcastsShudder.comHeroic Collective
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2019 podcast debuts
AMC (TV channel) original programming
Scripted podcasts