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The popular podcast 鈥淪erial鈥� will reportedly be adapted for another entertainment medium.

The TV rights for 鈥淪erial鈥� have been optioned by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, a duo who are best known for co-directing and co-writing the 2014 hit 鈥淭he Lego Movie.鈥� The two also co-directed the 鈥�21 Jump Street鈥� films which star Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum.聽

Fox 21 Television Studios, which produces such programming as Showtime鈥檚 鈥淗omeland鈥� and the Lifetime show 鈥淲itches of East End,鈥� have optioned the "Serial" rights along with Miller and Lord.聽

If it moves forward, the TV show would reportedly chronicle how the podcast is created.聽

鈥淪erial鈥� debuted in 2014 and is executive-produced by Julie Snyder and Sarah Koenig, who both work on the program 鈥淭his American Life.鈥� Koenig hosts the 鈥淪erial鈥� podcast and the first season of 鈥淪erial鈥� looked at an obscure murder case that occurred in 1999, involving 17-year-old聽Adnan Syed was was convicted of murdering his former girlfriend during their senior year of high school. Mr. Syed is serving a life sentence in prison.

When it debuted in 2014, 鈥淪erial鈥� experienced success that was almost unprecedented for a podcast. According to , 鈥淪erial鈥� became the fastest podcast to reach more than five million downloads and streams.

Koenig and Snyder's 鈥淭his American Life鈥� is also a popular podcast and is currently ranked at No. 3 on the 聽podcast list. 鈥淭he Bill Simmons Podcast,鈥� which is hosted by sports writer Simmons, is No. 1, while the science-based 鈥淗idden Brain,鈥� which is hosted by NPR鈥檚 Shankar Vedantam, is ranked at No. 2. Coming in at No. 4 is 鈥淟imetown,鈥� which is hosted by Lia Haddock of American Public Radio and delves into what might have happened to the people who vanished from the area of the same name. 鈥淪erial鈥� itself is still at No. 5.

It was recently announced that the second season of 鈥淪erial鈥� will focus on Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, who was captured by the Taliban. In addition, Koenig has a third season is planned as well.