HBO has given an eight-episode, straight-to-series order for The Chain, a new limited series written and executive produced by Emmy-winner Damon Lindelof (HBO’s The Leftovers, Watchmen).
Based on the acclaimed New York Times bestselling book by Adrian McKinty, The Chain is a thriller built around a “coercion scheme with a simple, brutal rule: to save your kidnapped child, you must kidnap another child.”
Details are under wraps, but Lindelof is said to be expanding the mythology of McKinty’s award-winning thriller.
This is the first project under this deal with the Emmy-nominated television studio Media Res (“The Morning Show,” “Pachinko”) serving as the co-studio.
Lindelof will showrun, a position not held since HBO’s Watchmen. HBO has also signed a two-year overall deal with Lindelof which began in September 2025.
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