Amazon Studios has announced that it has greenlit The Horror of Dolores Roach series with Justina Machado of One Day at a Time as the lead. The series, a thriller and dark comedy series based on a popular podcast of the same name, is set to tell the story of an ex-convict who is pushed to extremes to renounce her newfound stability.
The series is based on the Gimlet podcast series, the title character was played by Daphne Rubin-Vega (In the Heights), who was brought in to produce the series. Before the podcast, Rubin-Vega played the same character in the one-woman play Empanada Loca, in New York’s Bank Street Theater.
Amazon Studios is yet to reveal further information about The Horror of Dolores Roach, such as other cast members or a release date.
