Sosie Bacon to Co-lead MGM+ Thriller Series With Nikolaj Coster-waldau

WHO:

Deadline - Sosie Bacon, known for *Smile* and *Scarpetta*, was cast as the female lead in MGM+’s *The Black Tapes*.

Deadline - Bacon will star opposite Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, who plays Dr. Richard Strand.

Variety - Bacon will star alongside previously announced cast member Nikolaj Coster-Waldau.

Deadline - Dr. Richard Strand is described as a brilliant psychiatrist with a mysterious past.

Deadline - The series also features a character named Alex, described as an obsessed, methodical physicist.

WHAT:

Deadline - Bacon was tapped as the female lead of *The Black Tapes*, an MGM+ supernatural investigation drama series.

Variety - Bacon was set for a lead role in the upcoming MGM+ series *The Black Tapes*.

Deadline - The series is based on the horror podcast *The Black Tapes*.

Variety - The show is based on what the article calls a hit horror podcast of the same name.

Variety - The series is planned as an eight-episode production.

WHEN:

Variety - Production is scheduled to begin; the article does not provide a calendar date.

WHY:

Deadline - The series is based on the podcast *The Black Tapes*; the article identifies it as a 2015 horror podcast.

HOW:

Deadline - The story follows Dr. Richard Strand as he teams with Alex in a supernatural investigation; the article excerpt does not provide further details.

Variety - Variety reported Bacon’s casting, citing its own reporting.

(UPDATED October 27, 2026 16:12 UTC)

Sosie Bacon will star as the female lead in MGM+’s supernatural investigation series *The Black Tapes*, alongside Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Dr. Richard Strand. Based on the horror podcast of the same name, the eight-episode series follows Strand and Alex, an obsessed, methodical physicist, as they investigate the supernatural. Production is scheduled to begin, though no start date has been announced.