Supernatural YA Romance ‘Sid & Zoey’ Nabs Netflix Pickup

Live Feed Home TV TV News The show comes from creator Jon Kasdan and co-showrunner John Shiban, with J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot and Blumhouse Atomic Monster also involved. Jon Kasdan Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney Logo text Netflix is capping off a week of spotlighting its young adult programming by adding to the slate. The streamer on Friday announced a straight-to-series order for Sid & Zoey, a supernatural mystery/romance from creator Jon Kasdan (Disney+’s Willow, The First Time) and co-showrunner John Shiban (Ozark, Breaking Bad). J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot and Blumhouse Atomic Monster are also involved. The pickup for Sid & Zoey comes on the heels of Netflix announcing a premiere date and details for its fall teen drama The Body, a trailer for the YA sports romance Crew Girl, and a live episode of Evan Ross Katz’s Shut Up Evan: The Group Chat podcast featuring several Netflix YA stars. Netflix describes Sid & Zoey this way: “Sid, a seductive, sophisticated, and amoral teenager from New York, is sent to live with a police chief and his family in the idyllic Mississippi town where his mother grew up. The family includes the chief’s sharp-witted, punk-rock daughter, Zoey. Resisting their mutual attraction, Sid and Zoey find themselves drawn into a dark, hidden world beneath the town’s picture-postcard facade — and a supernatural mystery that may well get them killed if they don’t kill each other first.” Kasdan and Shiban both have some experience on YA shows and/or those dealing with otherworldly elements. Kasdan was a writer on Freaks and Geeks and Dawson’s Creek early in his career and wrote and directed the 2012 feature The First Time, a rom-com about two high schoolers who fall for each other over a weekend. Shiban’s credits include The X-Files and Supernatural. Blumhouse Atomic Monster is producing Sid & Zoey. Kasdan and Shiban are co-showrunners and executive produce with J.J. Abrams and Rachel Rusch Rich for Bad Robot and Jason Blum, James Wan and Rob Hackett for Blumhouse Atomic Monster. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up