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Anya Taylor-Pleasure, maybe finest recognized for starring in The Queen’s Gambit, is coming to Apple TV+. She’ll star in an adaptation of the bestselling crime thriller Fortunate by Marissa Stapley.
Fortunate jumps from bestseller to Apple TV+
The ebook model is “an exhilarating roller-coaster journey a few heist gone terribly improper, with a plucky protagonist who will win readers’ hearts,” guarantees Simon & Schuster, the writer. And now the NYT bestselling novel shall be tailored right into a restricted collection.
“In Fortunate, Taylor-Pleasure stars as a younger girl who left behind the lifetime of crime she was raised in years in the past, however should now embrace her darker, felony aspect one last time in a determined try to flee her previous,” says Apple TV+ of the upcoming collection.
British-American actress Anya Taylor-Pleasure has fairly a listing of credit in quite a lot of genres. She was a chess champion in The Queen’s Gambit, and an motion star in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. She’s additionally been in The Menu, and way more, and stars within the upcoming The Gorge and Sacrifice. Taylor-Pleasure received each a SAG and a Golden Globe award, and was nominated for an Emmy.
One other Hey Sunshine manufacturing for Apple TV+
Fortunate shall be produced by Hey Sunshine, who additionally produces the drama collection The Morning Present for Apple’s streaming service. The manufacturing firm was based by Reese Witherspoon, who mentioned, “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 carry this compelling collection — based mostly on Marissa Stapley’s implausible novel — to audiences all over the world.”
“Hey Sunshine continues to do a implausible job of championing girls’s voices, and I’m thrilled to be becoming a member of the workforce alongside Jonathan, Cassie and Apple TV+ to carry ‘Fortunate’ to life,” mentioned Anya Taylor-Pleasure.
This early in improvement, there’s no phrase on when Fortunate will premiere on Apple’s streaming service.