‘The Body’ Release Date & First-Look Photos Unveiled By Netflix

Netflix has set the release date for The Body, an upcoming eight-episode series created by Quinn Shephard, as November 11.

The series follows a group of badly-behaved Catholic school girls, who begin having prophetic visions that set off mass hysteria in town after a dance-team initiation goes wrong.

Shephard directs the premiere and serves as showrunner for the gritty drama, starring Kristina Bogic (Anya Butler), Sara Boustany (Elise Zakaria), Geena Meszaros (Lisbeth Anderson), Nnamdi Asomugha (Father Franklin), Louisa Krause (Catherine Anderson), Shirley Chen (Maddie Delaney), Jackson Kelly (Leo Anderson), Sofia Wylie(Grace Franklin), with Gabby Windey (Coach Miller), Kyra Pierce (Bailey Bradley), Phallon Pierce (Brit Bradley), Marcel Ruiz (Tyler Santos), Orlando Norman (Steven Maxwell), Ashley Madekwe (Theresa Franklin), Motell Foster (Michael Franklin), Cale Ambrozic (Benji), Anna Tierney (Melanie), Chloe Longname (Eden), Sarah Abbott (Olivia), Emily Roman (Claire), Michela Luci (Amy), Bella Neuspiel (Katie), Julia Lowe (Blair) and Christine Solomon (Salma).

Shephard calls The Body “a love letter to all the ’90s and Y2K teen movies and erotic thrillers” she loved growing up. This includes movies like Carrie, Jennifer’s Body, Heavenly Creatures, and even Mean Girls. The Crucible and the Salem witch trials also have heavy influence. She also calls in her “most personal” project yet.

“I’ve always been interested in the idea of girlhood as a religious experience. This story is definitely my way of putting a playful spin on all the nightmares of my own teenage-dom,” Shephard says. “Tonally, I would describe the show as gritty camp. It’s a raunchy teen psychodrama with a dash of Catholic horror.

Executive producers include Peter Chernin, Amy Israel and Josh Stern for North Road, Riley Keough, Gina Gammell and Sacha Ben Harroche for Felix Culpa as well as Blair Breard.

See more first-look photos below: