Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga star Anya Taylor-Pleasure will lead Fortunate, an Apple TV+ restricted collection primarily based on the bestselling novel of the identical identify.
Anya Taylor-Pleasure is about to return to the small display as she has been tapped to star in Fortunate, an Apple TV+ restricted collection primarily based on the bestselling novel by Marissa Stapley of the identical identify.
The collection facilities on “a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past.” Jonathan Trooper created the collection and can function co-showrunner alongside Cassie Pappas. Manufacturing is anticipated to kick off in spring 2025. Reese Witherspoon’s Hi there Sunshine banner will produce the collection. Along with starring in Fortunate, Taylor-Pleasure will even government produce alongside Witherspoon and Tropper.
“Hello Sunshine continues to do a fantastic job of championing women’s voices and I’m thrilled to be joining the team alongside Jonathan, Cassie and Apple TV+ to bring Lucky to life,” stated Taylor-Pleasure in an announcement.
Witherspoon added, “Reese’s Ebook Membership started with the objective of deepening connections – to the tales, to the storytellers, and to the neighborhood we’re constructing. It’s extremely rewarding to have the ability to amplify these female-centric tales and their authors, see our neighborhood join with them, then see them tackle a complete new life on display. We couldn’t be extra excited to companion with Apple TV+ and the incomparable Anya Taylor-Pleasure, plus our good creator Jonathan Tropper and his fantastic co-showrunner Cassie Pappas, to convey this compelling collection – primarily based on Marissa Stapley’s unbelievable novel – to audiences around the globe.“
Taylor-Pleasure’s final small display outing was for The Queen’s Gambit, the Netflix restricted collection which follows Beth Harmon, a fictional American chess prodigy on her rise to the highest of the chess world whereas combating drug and alcohol dependency. The actress gained a Golden Globe Award for Greatest Actress in a Restricted Collection or Tv Movie and an Emmy nomination for Excellent Lead Actress in a Restricted or Anthology Collection or Film. She is going to subsequent be seen starring alongside Miles Teller in The Gorge, a “high-action, genre-bending love story” directed by Scott Derrickson. The movie facilities on two troopers who’re tasked with guarding a seemingly endless gorge with out understanding what truly lies beneath them. It’s slated for a 2025 launch on Apple TV+.
