From Chernin Entertainment, Creator/Co-Showrunner Stephen Belber, And Co-Showrunner VJ Boyd

• Netflix announces a series order for The Madness, a conspiracy thriller under Chernin Entertainment's (The North Road Company) first look deal at Netflix.

• Starring: Colman Domingo (Zola, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Fear The Walking Dead)

• Logline: In THE MADNESS, media pundit MUNCIE DANIELS (Domingo) must fight for his innocence and his life after he stumbles upon a murder deep in the Poconos woods. As the walls close in, Muncie strives to reconnect with his estranged family - and his lost ideals - in order to survive.

• Format / Episodes: Drama; 8 episode Limited Series

• Creator / Co-Showrunner / Executive Producer: Stephen Belber (O.G., The Laramie Project)

• Co-Showrunner / Executive Producer: VJ Boyd (Justified, S.W.A.T.)

• Executive Producers: Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping and Kaitlin Dahill

• Director / Executive Producer: Clément Virgo (Greenleaf) will direct and executive produce the first two and the concluding two episodes.

• Directors: Quyen Tran (Maid) and Jessica Lowrey (Perry Mason) will each direct two middle episodes.