Disney’s Onyx Collective Orders ‘The Plot’ Limited Series for Hulu

Disney’s Onyx Collective has ordered the limited series The Plot from Endeavor Content. The eight-episode series will stream on Hulu in the U.S., Star+ in Latin America and Disney+ in all other territories.

Star Mahershala Ali

What’s Happening:

The Plot is an adaptation of the best-selling novel of the same name by Jean Hanff Korelitz. Korelitz’s book You Should Have Known, was also adapted into HBO’s The Undoing in 2020.
The Plot stars and is executive produced by Oscar, Emmy, BAFTA and NAACP Image Award-winning actor and producer Mahershala Ali (Moonlight). Ali will produce along with executive producers Mimi Valdés and Amatus Karim Ali through their Know Wonder production company.
Abby Ajayi (How to Get Away with Murder) will adapt Korelitz’s novel, and serve as executive producer and showrunner.
Global content film and TV studio Endeavor Content will produce the series along with Layne Eskridge’s POV and Kristen Campo. Both Eskridge and Campo played a key part in putting the series together.
The Plot marks Endeavor Content’s continued relationship with Hulu after the studio produced Nine Perfect Strangers, the platform’s most-watched original series premiere, and Amy Schumer’s upcoming series Life & Beth.

About The Plot:

The Plot is a gripping cat and mouse story. Struggling author Jake (Ali) is primed to take advantage of any opportunity that might help revive his career. When a once in a lifetime opportunity presents itself, Jake commits an act of literary theft that changes his life irrevocably. Now, someone knows his secret and is threatening him…and we will see just how far Jake will go to protect himself and the life he’s built.

Showrunner Abby Ajayi

What They’re Saying:

Tara Duncan, president of Freeform and Onyx Collective said: “I was captivated with Hanff Korelitz’s book, The Plot and Abby’s distinct point of view reinvents the story in a way that spoke to me and our mission at Onyx Collective. There are so many interesting angles and nuances, that having the creative genius that is Mahershala Ali at the center of this mystery, is just a dream. Kristen and Layne have done a phenomenal job bringing this team together and I could not be more proud to work alongside them and Endeavor Content to bring this incredible series to our global audience.”
Mimi Valdés, executive producer, Know Wonder, said: “Hollywood is still not greenlighting enough projects with multidimensional Black characters, stories that simply focus on our humanity. The rarity of a straight-to-series order, especially for BIPOC projects, is not lost on us. We are beyond humbled to work with such an amazing team of collaborators to bring this incredible book to life.”
Layne Eskridge, EP, POV Entertainment said: “When Kristen Campo sent me The Plot, I devoured it! I’ve been dying to work with Abby Ajayi, and we loved the idea of exploring Jean’s book from the perspective of a Black man, so that we could really debate the themes of authorship, inspiration and who has the right to tell what stories. Mahershala was our dream for the role, and when he and the Know Wonder team signed on, it confirmed that we were building something next level.”
Executive producer and showrunner, Abby Ajayi said: “I’m thrilled to be adapting Jean’s brilliantly compelling and thrilling novel, which hooked me from its opening pages. From the start, I knew that the peerless Mahershala Ali would be the perfect Jake. I’m excited by the nuance, the humanity and the complexity he’ll bring to the role. Going on this journey with Layne, Kristen and the teams at Know Wonder and Endeavor Content has been a dream. The icing on the cake is finding our home with Tara Duncan at Onyx.”
Executive producer Kristen Campo said: “When I first read ‘The Plot,’ I was immediately drawn in by Jean’s ability to balance propulsive storytelling and deep character work, and saw the possibility of a fantastic screen adaptation for a global audience.”