Singer and songwriter Halsey adds screenwriter to her resume. Variety has exclusively learned that the platinum-selling artist is currently developing a dark comedy TV series at Amazon Prime Video.
Halsey, whose given name is Ashley Frangipane, will serve as the creator, writer and executive producer of “Bloodlust” for Amazon. Ti West is involved in direct and executive production, with Mark Friedman (“Severance,” “Dispatches From Elsewhere”) on board as executive producer and showrunner. Anthony Li, Halsey’s manager, also serves as executive producer. Amazon MGM Studios will produce.
Exact plot details are being kept secret. The project has been in development at Amazon for a while with Halsey, Li and Friedman attached, but no details had emerged until now.
The show would reunite Halsey and West. West recently wrote, directed and produced the horror film ‘MaXXXine’, the third film in the ‘X’ film series, in which Hasley played the role of Tabby Martin.
Halsey’s other acting credits include her role in “A Star Is Born,” the Showtime series “Roadies” and the animated series “Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?” She also had roles in the films ‘Americana’, ‘Sing 2’ and ‘Teen Titans Go! To the movies.” She is of course best known for her musical career, with the successful studio albums ‘Badlands’, ‘Hopeless Fountain Kingdom’, ‘Manic’, ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’ and most recently ‘The Great Impersonator. ”
West also wrote and directed the other two films in the ‘X’ series, ‘X’ and ‘Pearl’. He has also written and directed horror films such as ‘The House of the Devil’, ‘Trigger Man’, ‘The Innkeepers’ and ‘In the Valley of Violence’.
Halsey is repped by UTA and The Lede Company. West is repped by CAA, LBI Entertainment and Lichter Grossman. Friedman is represented by UTA, Chad Snopek Management and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.