In addition to the news that Morgan Creek Entertainment is working on an Exorcist reboot, the company is also developing a Dead Ringers TV series.

Via Deadline, The Mummy’s Rachel Weisz has already signed on to headline a TV take on David Cronenberg’s 1988 Dead Ringers. Amazon has moved quickly to give a straight-to-series order for the project.

From the outlet, Many Moons’ Alice Birch is writing what’s being pegged as a gender-swapped reimagining of Cronenberg’s Jeremy Irons-headlined film.

The early word from Deadline on the project describes how “the Mantle twins, played by Weisz, are the most successful, brilliant and extraordinary people you’ve never met. Identical from head to toe, these two OB-gyn’s are on a mission to change the way women birth, starting with Manhattan. Drugs, pioneering but very much illegal medical research, sex and falling in love, this drama based on the David Cronenberg ‘80s cult classic, takes us to darker and stranger territory than we could have possibly imagined.”

As ever, expect more on this Dead Ringers series as it continues to develop.

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