On November 18th, 1978, over 900 people died at an American settlement in the jungle of Guyana called Jonestown. In this first of two episodes, we are going to find out how they ended up in South ...

A series about the Rev. Jim Jones, the charismatic cult leader behind the 1978 mass-murder suicide at the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project (aka Jonestown) in the Guyanese jungle, is in development ...

Jim Jones was a complex man ... he founded his own pseudo-church in Indianapolis in the late 1950s, the Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church, known in short as the Peoples Temple.

In addition to serving as executive producer, director and co-writer, the "Barry" co-creator is being eyed to star in the project ...

The "Barry" creator is co-writing the series with "Damages" showrunner Daniel Zelman, and could potentially star in it.

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Variety has learned exclusively that Hader and Daniel Zelman are currently developing an HBO series centered on Jim Jones and the infamous events at the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, a.k.a.

Hader is also set to direct and star in the project as well. According to Variety, the project will tell “the story of Reverend Jim Jones and his people.” Jones founded the Peoples Temple in the 1950s ...

Hader is partnering up with Daniel Zelman to write an HBO series about cult leader Jim Jones and the horrific events that took place at the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, a.k.a. Jonestown. Both ...

Who better than comedian Bill Hader to star as Jim Jones in a TV show about the cult leader and his doomed "agricultural project" in Guyana? Variety has learned exclusively that Hader and Daniel ...

Bill Hader eyes his next chapter at HBO following the critically lauded 'Barry,' with the comedian working on a series based on cult leader Jim Jones.