Sosie Bacon (Smile, Scarpetta) has been tapped as the female lead opposite Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in The Black Tapes, MGM+‘s supernatural investigation drama series based on the 2015 horror podcast of the same name.
In The Black Tapes, Dr. Richard Strand (Coster-Waldau), a brilliant psychiatrist with a mysterious past, teams with the obsessed, methodical physicist Alex Regan (Bacon) to debunk paranormal cases of hauntings, possessions, disappearances, and sinister legends – the infamous black tapes. But as Strand and Regan unravel the secrets of these events, they uncover a hidden occult world behind our own and must unravel a centuries-old apocalyptic conspiracy.
Produced by MGM+ Studios, The Black Tapes is executive produced by Terry Miles and Paul Bae, creators of the podcast and writers on its TV adaptation, as well as Kearie Peak of Peak Pictures and John Rogers and Jennifer Court of Kung Fu Monkey Productions, with Rogers serving as showrunner. The series is scheduled to begin production in Vancouver in January 2027 for release on MGM+ in the U.S., UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Latin America.
Bacon will next be seen in horror-comedy film Family Movie, in which she stars alongside her parents — and the movie’s directors — Kyra Sedgwick and Kevin Bacon. The trio is producing the feature, which premiered at SXSW and is slated for an April 23, 2027 release through Variance Films. Bacon, who recently wrapped production on Season 2 of Prime Video’s Scarpetta opposite Nicole Kidman and Jamie Lee Curtis, reprising her role as Abby Turnbull, is repped by Gersh, Range Media Partners, and Schreck Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham.