Paramount+ announced it has greenlight 9/12, a six-episode limited series with Emmy and Tony Award winner and Oscar nominee Jeremy Strong (Succession, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere) set to star and executive produce. Produced by Paramount Television Studios and SISTER, production will begin in summer of 2026 and the series will launch globally on Paramount+ in 2027.
The limited series is written, directed and executive produced by Tobias Lindholm (The Investigation, Another Round) and written and executive produced by Frank Pugliese (The Savant, House of Cards).
About 9/12: Produced by Paramount Television Studios and SISTER, 9/12, dramatizes a landmark case that reshaped the fight for accountability: a relentless legal war that stretched nearly a decade to secure almost $1 billion in compensation for first responders who fell gravely ill in the wake of 9/11. Strong stars as renowned class action lawyer Jason Smith, who risked everything to take on entrenched institutions, exposing the politics, greed, corruption and betrayal that compounded tragedy set against the emergency workers’ extraordinary unity and unflinching bravery as The World Trade Center was collapsing.
“Though rooted in the unprecedented attacks of September 11, 2001, 9/12 speaks to struggles that reach far beyond that day. It asks what happens when those who risked everything are abandoned by the very institutions meant to protect them. The series is a testament to human strength and perseverance in the face of unthinkable adversity—the very tension that compelled me to tell this story,” says Tobias Lindholm.
“The great American historian David Halberstam once wrote about September 11th, 2001, ‘On a day when the worst of mankind showed itself, the best of mankind answered.’ 9/12 is about the best of us—our first responders whose official response time on 9/11 was five seconds. It is about a moment of unity and togetherness in this divided country, when, amidst the wreckage, we rebuilt and rose again from the rubble. But it is also about the ways our institutions failed to respond to those heroes—whom we pledged we would never forget—in their moment of greatest need. 9/12 is a story about justice, about the restitution of human dignity and about the real-life heroes of this country who we must never forget. Tobias Lindholm is one of the world’s greatest writer/directors and has the depth, restraint, integrity, clarity and power to honor this story,” says Jeremy Strong.
“Tobias has created a heroic underdog story that we know Jeremy will brilliantly bring to life. I’m thrilled to be reunited with Frank and we are equally proud to partner with Sister on this timeless story as our first limited series for our Paramount+,” says Matt Thunell, President, Paramount Television Studios.
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