Apple TV+ is turning yet another bestselling book into a streaming series, much like it's done in the past with shows such as and "The Essex Serpent."

Source: https://www.slashfilm.com/1182513/city-on-fire-release-date-cast-and-more-for-the-streaming-adaptation-of-the-acclaimed-novel/

Dr Sarah Perry, whose 2016 novel was adapted for screen in the eponymous Apple TV series The Essex Serpent, starring Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes, hails from the county.

Source: https://www.peeblesshirenews.com/news/national/23660408.essex-serpent-author-named-new-chancellor-university-essex/?ref=rss

Home to “The Serpent Queen” and “The Nun II,” Martigues-based Provence Studios also hosts a number of soundstages, a backlot, and will open a new 3500 sq. yard facility next year.

Source: https://variety.com/2023/artisans/global/france-olympics-spotlight-to-showcase-growing-film-business-1235772525/

Meanwhile, Justice League knock-offs the Squadron Supreme attack the Avengers under the influence of The Serpent Crown, leading the Avengers to travel to an entirely different Earth to settle things with the Squadron and rescue their planet.

Source: https://www.cbr.com/best-forgotten-avengers-comics/

The first option is the battle pass-exclusive claymore, Serpent Spine.

Source: https://screenrant.com/genshin-impact-navia-builds-team-comps-weapons-artifacts/

This all reminds me of The Serpent and The Rainbow, a book which explained "zombies" as people in a drug-induced torpor that passes for death, all in the context of Haitian religion and history.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2023/06/19/woman-found-alive-in-coffin-during-own-wake-definitely-dead-this-time.html