News Horror Leslie Odom Jr. to Adapt the Strange Story of Sammy Davis Jr.’s Church of Satan Connection The project is based on a 2024 Rolling Stone article by Alex Bhattacharji By Vanessa Armstrong | Published on December 4, 2025 Odom (Left): Library of Congress Life, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons; Davis (Right): Jay Bernstein Public Relations, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Comment 0 Share New Share Odom (Left): Library of Congress Life, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons; Davis (Right): Jay Bernstein Public Relations, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery), who just wrapped up a Broadway run revisiting his role as Aaron Burr in Hamilton, has bought the rights to a 2024 Rolling Stone article by Alex Bhattacharji, which delves into how Sammy Davis Jr. was drawn to the Church of Satan and its founder, Anton LaVey. According to Deadline, the project will be a horror feature, and Odom will write the script and also star, presumably as Davis. The project will be produced in partnership with Rolling Stone Films. Bhattacharji is quoted in Deadline describing the article as “a sensitive story about a profoundly alienated Davis and his search for acceptance. It’s a rollicking ride that touches on complex, timely issues: racial and sexual identity, politics, religion, pop culture, and the counter-culture.” We also have the official logline for the film (which is also the subtitle on the article), which sheds additional light: “How a TV pilot called Poor Devil begat a friendship between the performer, Sammy Davis Jr., and Anton Szandor LaVey, founder and high priest of the Church of Satan.” I don’t want to give too much of the story away, but will say that the article starts with Davis’ work on that pilot, which had the following logline of its own: “Sammy Davis Jr. stars as a bumbling disciple from hell. After 1,400 years of failure to secure a single soul for Satan, the inept recruiter is given one last chance.” The project is still in its early days, so no news yet on who will direct or additional casting. [end-mark] The post Leslie Odom Jr. to Adapt the Strange Story of Sammy Davis Jr.’s Church of Satan Connection appeared first on Reactor.