Repost from @crimestorymedia • From @deadline When Kary Antholis in 2019 stepped down as President, HBO Miniseries and Cinemax Programming, to launch Crime Story Media, his exit package included him staying on as executive producer on projects he had developed at the network that tackle crime and criminal justice. That included David Simon and George Pelecanos’ limited series We Own This City, which premiered April 25, and Dennis Lehane’s Black Bird, which ended up moving to Apple TV+. Headlined by Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser and featuring Ray Liotta in his final TV role, the series premieres July 8. Crime Story, dedicated to content that explores the criminal legal process, quickly made its mark in the podcast arena with The Crime Story Podcast, hosted by Antholis, which has produced 370 episodes so far; Firebug; as well as Jury Duty distributed by Acast, which has amassed 3.2 million downloads to date with its three seasons focused on the Robert Durst trial, the Ahmaud Arbery murder and the Kyle Rittenhouse trial. There will be a bonus Robert Durst trial season next built around Antholis’ exclusive 10-hour interview with the prosecutor on the case, John Lewin. Additionally, Antholis has closed a deal with Entertainment One to fund and distribute a new Crime Story podcast series, Night Raid, hosted by Molly Miller, which is based on her article series, “Mongol – The Trial of David Martinez.” It tells the story of Martinez, the target of a chaotic 2014 SWAT raid that resulted in the death of an officer. Antholis describes the story as being in the vein of HBO’s The Night Of as it focuses on a guy who may or may not be guilty of murder. The plan is to develop the podcast as a scripted television series, one of multiple scripted TV projects Crime Story has in the works. That includes the previously announced HBO limited series based on Season 3 of Serial. Writer Shola Amoo has written two scripts for the project, which is awaiting the network’s decision.