Emma Laird and Thomas Doherty will star in Prime Video’s adaptation of Butcher & Blackbird

The people want what they want — and apparently right now, that looks like two hot serial killers getting their freak on. Amazon MGM Studios is moving forward with its dark rom-com based on the viral serial killer romance novel Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver .

Deadline reported Thursday that Thomas Doherty ( Paradise , Tell Me Lies ) and Emma Laird ( 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple , Mayor of Kingstown ) will star in its leading roles. The script was written by Laura Kosann — the writer currently adapting Ali Hazelwood’s steamy BDSM swimmer romance Deep End .…