Bodycam, the provisional title of a new original French production for HBO, will fuse a police thriller with horror. The series, consisting of eight 30-minute episodes, is scheduled to begin filming in the fall of 2026, ahead of a future premiere on HBO Max.
During an operation, two police officers fire at an unarmed teenager. Instead of reporting the incident up the chain of command, they decide to cover it up. Their plan goes off the rails when the young man—injured but alive—disappears, taking one of their body-worn cameras with him.
The body-cam footage could directly implicate the two officers. They race to locate the teenager and the video before it’s recovered by their superiors or leaked to the public. This cover-up attempt kicks off the plot.
Meanwhile, the city’s police officers become targets of a string of eerie attacks. The situation grows more alarming when an officer disappears in turn. Bodycam must gradually shift its police investigation toward the horror narrative, with the nature of the threat still unrevealed.
The series is created by Timothée Hochet, the driving force behind the sound and TV projects Calls and Lost Media, and by Benjamin Adam, screenwriter of Privilèges and L’Opéra. Development is carried out with the collaboration of Mehdi Ouahab.
Hélène Faure and Maxime Berthémy are also contributing to the screenplay. Production is led by Jean Dathanat and Pierre Grimaux for Superstructure. No actor or director has yet been publicly attached to the project.
By centering the story on a recording that could contradict the police’s official account, Bodycam ties its horror engine to questions of accountability, video evidence, and cover-ups within an institution. The series, however, isn’t framed as the adaptation of a real case.
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