Full Breakdown
Stillwater Receives Series Greenlight from Amazon MGM Studios
7/23/2026, 6:53:30 AM
Core Event
Amazon MGM Studios has officially green-lit *Stillwater*, an eight-episode horror drama for Prime Video. The series adapts the Skybound graphic novel created by Chip Zdarsky and Ramón K Pérez. Developed by Greg Berlanti and Carly Wray—both under overall deals at Warner Bros. Television—the story follows ex-con Daniel West, who receives a mysterious letter promising answers about his past and a sizable inheritance. He travels to the town of Stillwater, where residents never age, never die, and cannot leave, prompting a confrontation with the true cost of immortality.
Background & Context
Amazon secured the project in a spring 2025 bidding war, initially ordering a straight-to-series commitment that required delivery of a pilot script and a first-season bible. After a year of development, the series moved from pilot stage to full production. The greenlight arrives amid a surge of comic-book horror adaptations, most recently Disney+’s *Afterlife With Archie*, also ordered the same week.
Key Figures & Groups
- Greg Berlanti – Producer, known for *The Flight Attendant*; overall deal with Warner Bros. Television.
- Carly Wray – Writer, credits include *Watchmen* and *Westworld*; overall deal with Warner Bros. Television.
- Chip Zdarsky & Ramón K Pérez – Creators of the original *Stillwater* graphic novel (Skybound Entertainment).
- Peter Friedlander – Head of Global Television, Amazon MGM Studios.
- Channing Dungey – Chairman and CEO, Warner Bros. Television Group.
- Executive producers: Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman, Robbie Rogers (Berlanti Productions); Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Rick Jacobs, Glenn Geller (Skybound Entertainment); Jonathan Gabay (former Berlanti Productions executive).
Official Statements & Responses
Amazon’s Peter Friedlander characterized *Stillwater* as an original blend of horror, mystery, and psychological suspense that offers something “entirely unexpected.” Warner Bros. Chairman Channing Dungey praised Berlanti and Wray for repeatedly translating iconic pop-culture properties to screen and highlighted the series’ exploration of immortality, power, community, and humanity.
Verbatim Quotes
- “Stillwater is a truly original series that blends horror, mystery, and psychological suspense into something entirely unexpected,” — Peter Friedlander, Head of Global Television, Amazon MGM Studios
- “Greg and Carly have brought many of pop culture’s most iconic characters and stories to life,” — Channing Dungey, Chairman and CEO, Warner Bros
