Limetown

Limetown
Presentation
Voices Annie-Sage Whitehurst
Language English
Production
Production Two-Up Productions
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 6
Publication
Original release July 29, 2015 – present
Cited as Vulture's Top 10 Podcasts of 2015[1]
Website http://www.limetownstories.com/

Limetown is a podcast fiction series created by Two-Up Productions that debuted on July 29, 2015, and became the number one US podcast on iTunes less than two months later.[2] The show has drawn comparisons to the popular podcast Serial and the 1990s television show The X-Files.[3][4][5] The series was written and directed by Zack Akers and produced by Skip Bronkie. On October 31, 2017 a second season was announced through their RSS feed and it debuts on Halloween 2018.

Plot

Limetown is a fictional story told as a series of investigative reports by Lia Haddock (played by Annie-Sage Whitehurst), a journalist for American Public Radio (APR), detailing the disappearance of over 300 people at a neuroscience research facility in Tennessee.[2]

Episode listing

Although the creators planned seven episodes for the first season,[2] only six were produced:[6] Very short teasers were broadcast after some episodes.[7]

Episode 1: What We Know

Episode 2: Winona

Teaser 1: A quick apology

Episode 3: Napoleon

Teaser 2: The 911 call

Episode 4: DDoS

Teaser 3: The central question

Episode 5: Scarecrow

Teaser 4: Answers

Episode 6: Cost-Benefit Analysis (Season One Finale)

Teaser 5: A statement from American Public Radio

Other media

Two-Up Productions signed a book deal with Simon & Schuster to produce a prequel of Limetown in novel form. Cote Smith is writing the book that will come out in 2018.[8]

TV Show

On October 8th 2018 it was announced that Jessica Biel would star as Lia Haddock for a Limetown TV show. The show will air on Facebook Watch and will have a first season run of 10 episodes. [9]

References

  1. ↑ "The 10 Best Podcasts and 10 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015". Vulture. 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  2. 1 2 3 "Limetown, a chilling new podcast, is your paranormal Serial replacement". Vox. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  3. ↑ "Serial meets The X-Files in Limetown, a fictional podcast drawing raves after just one episode » Nieman Journalism Lab". Niemanlab.org. 2015-08-28. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  4. ↑ Melissa Locker. "Limetown: the podcast that bridges the gap between X-Files and Serial | Culture". The Guardian. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  5. ↑ "Limetown podcast preview". Chicago Tribune. 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
  6. ↑ "Limetown".
  7. ↑ "Limetown — Two-Up". Twoupproductions.com. 2017-05-12. Retrieved 2018-07-30.
  8. ↑ "An update from Two-Up". us11.campaign-archive2.com. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
  9. ↑ https://deadline.com/2018/10/jessica-biel-star-in-limetown-facebook-watch-tv-series-podcast-1202477646/
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