Dove CameronandAvan Jogiaare set to star inObsession, a new thriller series from Amazon Prime Video. The duo will play a couple whose meet-cute ends in murder.Deadline reportsthat the series is being produced by horror impresarioJames Wan’s Atomic Monster.
The new series is an adaptation of56 Days, the bestselling pandemic-set thriller by Irish novelistCatherine Ryan Howard. It will center around Ciara (Cameron) and Oliver (Jogia), who have aromantic comedy-style meet-cute at a supermarket, and subsequently fall in love. However, as the title would imply, that love soon becomes obsession. 56 days after their fateful meeting, the police find a badly-decomposed body in Oliver’s apartment, leading to the series' central mystery.Did Ciara kill Oliver? Did Oliver kill Ciara?And whoever the murderer is, where are they now? Viewers will learn whodunit to who as the series cuts between the murder investigation and flashbacks to Oliver and Ciara’s dangerously whirlwind romance, making it both a murder mystery and an erotic thriller.
Who Are Dove Cameron and Avan Jogia?
Actor-singer Cameron first gained attention playing twin sisters on the Disney Channel seriesLiv & Maddie; she also starred as Mal in Disney’sDescendantsseries of TV films. She has since gone on to star in a number of projects, includingMarvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,Barely Lethal, andVengeance, and lends her voice to the Paramount+ animated seriesBig Nate. She recently starred on the Apple TV+ musical comedy seriesSchmigadoon!and theMel Brooks-producedHistory of the World, Part II; she can next be seen in the thrillerIsaacalongsideBreaking Bad’sRJ Mitte. Canadian actor Jogia broke out on the Nickelodeon sitcomVictorious, and has gone on to star inThe Stranger,Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, andNow Apocalypse. He recently starred in the horror heist filmJohnny & Clydeand the interactive romance filmChoose Lovefor Netflix; he will next star alongsideKrysten RitterinOrphan Black: Echoes, which will premiere on AMC next month.
Obsessionwill be written and executive produced byLisa Zwerling(ER) andKaryn Usher(Prison Break); the two previously collaborated on the supernatural Starz miniseriesThe Rook. Wan,Michael Clear, andRob Hackettwill executive produce via Atomic Monster, withDanielle Bozzoneoverseeing the series on behalf of the company. Author Howard will co-executive produce.
Obsession, a new series based on Catherine Ryan Howard’s56 Days, is in the works. Stay tuned to Collider for future updates.
