EXCLUSIVE: Peacock has put in growth Pure, a one-hour drama primarily based on Allen Salkin’s Vainness Truthful article “The Runaway Vegan,” from Weimaraner Republic Photos and Warner Bros. Tv.
Written by Heather Regnier (Veronica Mars), Pure will chronicle the rise and fall of the connection between Sarma Melngailis and Anthony Strangis, two individuals who fulfilled one another’s needs to dwell in a world that existed exterior of actuality — which finally destroyed them. A tragic, twisted love story, doomed from the beginning.
The title of the collection seemingly comes from Pure Meals and Wine, Melngailis’ upscale New York Metropolis uncooked meals restaurant, which made her well-known. However falling beneath the affect of Strangis, who promised her all the pieces from monetary prosperity to immortality for her and her canine if she obeyed him, Melngailis siphoned $2 million off her companies and the 2 went on the run till they had been arrested at a motel when Strangis used his actual title to order pizza.
Melngailis’ story is showcased within the hit Netflix docuseries Unhealthy Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives, launched earlier this yr. Salkin was featured within the four-part documentary, which was not primarily based on his Vainness Truthful article.
Regnier govt produces Pure through her WBTV deal. Lynn Harris and Matti Leshem, who acquired rights to the article, govt produce by their Weimaraner Republic Photos. Salkin will function consulting producer. Warner Bros. Tv is the studio.
This could be the second scripted Peacock collection sharing a topic with a vastly fashionable Netflix true crime docuseries, becoming a member of Joe vs. Carole, whose characters had been featured in Netflix’s Tiger King.
Regnier was a co-executive producer on Hulu’s Veronica Mars and supervising producer on Showtime’s SMILF. She most not too long ago co-adapted the live-action Powerpuff pilot with Diablo Cody for the CW and Berlanti Prods. She beforehand wrote with Matthew Fogel and govt produced the animated presentation Ghosting for HBO. Regnier is repped by UTA and Jeanne Newman and Matthew Levy.
Salkin additionally co-authored with journalist Aaron Brief The Methodology to the Insanity, Untold Tales of Donald Trump’s 16-12 months Quest for the White Home; From Scratch: The Uncensored Historical past of the Meals Community; and his first ebook Festivus: The Vacation for the Remainder of Us, with a ahead by Jerry Stiller, described as a journalistic romp by the world of Festivus. Allen is repped by Yfat Reiss Gendell of YRG Companions and Richie Kern of Paradigm.
Based by Harris and Leshem in 2014, movie and TV firm Weimaraner Republic Photos has latest credit that embody Sony Photos’ The Shallows, King Richard for Warner Bros., and the upcoming Hocus Pocus 2 for Disney+ and The Survivor, starring Ben Foster and directed by Barry Levinson, for HBO, made in partnership with New Mandate Movies and Bron Studios.