David Chase (The Sopranos) "is revisiting a dark chapter in CIA history" with Project: MKUltra, a limited series in development at HBO that is based on the nonfiction book Project Mind Control: Sidney Gottlieb, the CIA, and the Tragedy of MKUltra by John Lisle, Deadline reported. Chase has optioned the book and will write the adaptation, which falls under a first-look deal his company Riverain Pictures has at HBO.
Project: MKUltra "is a dramatic thriller centered on the infamous chemist and spymaster Sidney Gottlieb, often known as The Black Sorcerer, who headed the CIA's MKUltra Psychedelic program which conducted dangerous and deadly mind control experiments on willing--and unwilling--subjects during the height of the Cold War. Gottlieb is also known as the unwitting godfather of the entire LSD counterculture," Deadline wrote.
Chase and Nicole Lambert will executive produce for Riverain Pictures, where Lambert serves as head of production and development.