Truth Seekers

Truth Seekers is a British comedy-horror series written by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, who also star as the main characters. The series is produced by Stolen Picture, and is set to premier on Amazon Prime Video October 30, 2020.

The first series consisted of eight, thirty-minute episodes released onto Amazon Prime Video all at once.

Premise
Broadband installer by day, paranormal investigator by night, Gus is annoyed to be partnered with “noob” Elton, but comes to appreciate having someone along for the ride as they uncover a spike in supernatural activity. They’re soon joined by Astrid, who has ghost problems of her own, and the gang embark upon creating a ghost-hunting YouTube channel, uncovering a terrifying conspiracy as they go.

Production
The series was inspired by the cast includes interests in ghosts and the unexplained. Specifically, The X-Files was a big influence and inspired Truth Seekers tagline, "The truth is way out there". Simon and Nick also went ghost hunting together when they were younger and crew members also used sightings of ghosts and UFOs to influence the series.

A feeling of authenticity was important for the show so they went to real haunted locations to film scenes and also used lenses from Star Wars: Return of the Jedi to give it that old feel. The horror in the series it also designed to be different from other horror stories and feel unique.

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost worked on a multitude of projects together and they said it was great working together again on Truth Seekers everything felt fun.

Stolen Picture, co-founded by Pegg and Frost, is the production company behind the series. Richard Webb serves as the producer. Pegg and Frost write the series with Nat Saunders and James Serafinowicz who also executive produce alongside Miles Ketley and Jim Field Smith who will direct.

The series is comprised of 8 half-an-hour long episodes which went into production in September 2019.