Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries and Sony Music Entertainment announce Dead Live, a new podcast about the untimely death of the trailblazing actor of the 1940s and ’50s

McKay to Launch Documentary Podcast Series on Tragedy in Post-WWII Hollywood on June 1

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NEW YORK, NY – May 18, 2023 – Academy Award Winner Adam McKay’s Hyperobject Industries and Sony Music Entertainment Announced Today death on scene, a new eight-episode podcast series that will focus on the untimely deaths of Hollywood’s biggest stars of the 1940s and ’50s, airs Thursday, June 1. Developed and hosted by McKay, death on scene Will delve into the cultural transformation of postwar America and Hollywood’s making of a new American dream, as well as Hollywood unions and strikes.the trailer is free now All eight episodes will be on carnival June 1.

In each episode, McKay will focus on the story behind a famous celebrity’s tragic death and the cultural implications that upended their lives. The podcast will cover the deaths of gangster Willy Bioff, Method actor John Garfield, teen icon James Dean, superman Actor George Reeves, inaugural Negro Academy Award winner Hattie McDaniel, Bluff star Errol Flynn and western legend John Wayne. death on scene It will also provide an overall view of America’s transformation after World War II, and the divisions the country faces between a rising right seeking to create integration and fear, and a left fighting for civil rights.

In covering the show, McKay and team interviewed experts, journalists and Hollywood insiders, including director Ron Howard; actor James Cromwell; Oscar-winning actress Lee Grant; cultural critics and historians Isaac Butler; Hattie McDaniel’s great-great-nephew Kevin Goff; Sidney Poitier’s daughter Sydney Poitier Heartsong; and Errol Flynn’s daughter Rory Flynn and grandson and child actor Sean Flynn.

Adam McKay said: “The first season of Deathwing has been one of the most satisfying and fascinating projects I’ve personally worked on. It combines real-life murder mysteries, historical and incredibly personal stories that paint a truly unique portrait of the 1980s. Now we’re looking at the 40s and 50s through the lens of a string of tragic and bizarre deaths in Hollywood.”

death on scene is the follow-up to McKay’s acclaimed podcast “wing deathfocusing on the tragic intersection of basketball, politics, and socioeconomics in the 1980s, resulting in the deaths of people whose basketball prospects were changing.

The series is executive produced by Adam McKay, Hyperobject Industries Clare Slaughter and Harry Nelson, and Roulette Productions’ Jody Avirgan, who also serves as series editor. Brian Steele and Hadley Meares are writers on the series, having completed writing it earlier this year.

all episodes death on scene Available to The Binge subscribers on June 1st.listeners can subscribe death on scene Listen to new weekly episodes of podcasts on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and wherever you go.For more information death on scene Follow @SonyPodcasts Twitter and instagram.