Netflix Orders Steven Zaillian and Richard Price Limited Series, Reuniting ‘The Night Of’ Duo

Netflix has ordered a limited series from writer-director Steven Zaillian and Richard Price, reuniting the duo behind HBO’s acclaimed miniseries ‘The Night Of,’ Deadline reported on Monday.

Deadline said the new limited series comes more than three years after Netflix stepped in to take over ‘Ripley,’ a Zaillian limited series starring Andrew Scott that had been set up at Showtime before a programming strategy change.

The report described the Netflix move as a success, noting that ‘Ripley’ received 13 Emmy nominations and won four awards. It also said Zaillian received an Emmy win for directing work tied to the series.

Deadline further reported that the decision to shift ‘Ripley’ to Netflix followed Showtime’s internal programming strategy shift, with the project previously in development at Showtime before Netflix became the distributing home.

The outlet did not specify, in its account, additional casting, the production timeline, or the series title for the newly ordered Zaillian-Price Netflix project, beyond stating that it is a limited series and that it reunites the two creators.

With the Netflix order in place, the next steps for the project will depend on customary development and production milestones, including scripting, scheduling, and formal casting and production announcements, none of which were detailed in the Deadline report.

The reported Netflix order also underscores how platform decisions can reshape the pathway of major limited-series projects, particularly when a series changes networks or studios after initial development at another outlet.