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Netflix Secures Bidding War Victory for Supernatural Drama 'Pagans'

9/24/2025

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Netflix won a bidding war for Pagans, supernatural drama spec by Joshua Zetumer.
The auction drew 15-18 studios and ran via an urgency app; bids began, with studios offering seven figures.
Zetumer will write, executive-produce, and showrun; the series follows a father and two children after their mother's death, developed by Netflix's studio group led by Nne Ebong.

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Story summary

Netflix won a bidding war for Pagans, supernatural drama spec by Joshua Zetumer.
The auction drew 15-18 studios and ran via an urgency app; bids began, with studios offering seven figures.
Zetumer will write, executive-produce, and showrun; the series follows a father and two children after their mother's death, developed by Netflix's studio group led by Nne Ebong.