Three weeks after Skydance paused new spending on a series starring and executive produced by Jeremy Strong and written and executive produced by Tobias Lindholm and Frank Pugliese, the high-profile drama has been put on hold, sources tell Deadline.
The move comes as the regulatory approval process of Skydance‘s proposed $8 billion Paramount takeover continues to drag on.
Tentatively titled 9/12, the series was the first and so far only Skydance production budgeted against the new Skydance-Paramount deal. While new spending was paused earlier this month, 9/12 still had been targeting its originally planned August filming kickoff.
That involved a June start of pre-production. With no promising updates on the Skydance-Paramount deal front, pre-production will no longer commence next month.
According to sources, Skydance has been looking at an October alternative start date but that clashes with Strong’s commitment to the new Peter Morgan Netflix series The Boys From Brazil, which the Succession alum headlines.
Skydance remains committed to the series, which is now eying a 2026 start, sources said.
A rep for Skydance declined comment.
9/12, which was originally set up at Sister in 2021 as The Best Of Us before moving to Skydance late last year, tells the story of the first responders of 9/11, relying on heavily researched accounts, and pays tribute to those impacted.
