Nobody’s parent is perfect. Even the most devoted mother or father experiences the occasional negative sentiment toward their children. Normally, those moments aren’t worth mentioning because they’re fleeting. But what if they aren’t? That’s the question at the heart of Joshua Zetumer’s new series.
Netflix has ordered Pagans straight to series, after winning the project in a heated auction.
Based on a spec script by the Say Nothing writer, Pagans follows a man who becomes the sole caretaker of his two children after the tragic loss of his wife. While his son is typical, his daughter, Alice, is anything but. What starts as a strained father-daughter relationship soon evolves into something far more sinister. Equal parts emotional, horrifying, and humorous, Pagans uses genre to unearth all the dark thoughts that parents have, the kind of thoughts mom and dad are never supposed to talk about … Dun, dun, dun!
Prior to Pagans, Zetumer created Say Nothing, an incisive series about the Troubles in Northern Ireland, for which he was nominated for Outstanding Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie at the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards. His past writing credits include 2014’s RoboCop and 2016’s Patriot Day.
As of right now, there’s no casting news to share about Pagans — but keep coming back to Tudum to stay up to date on the series.
