Apple is bringing Keira Knightley into the fold.
The streamer has given a sequence order to The Essex Serpent a brand new, interval drama sequence that can star Academy Award-nominee (Colette, The Imitation Sport, Atonement).
Knightley can even function govt producer on the sequence tailored from Sarah Perry’s bestselling and 2016 British Guide Award-winning novel of the identical title.
It follows newly widowed Cora (Knightley) who, having being launched from an abusive marriage, relocates from Victorian London to the small village of Aldwinter in Essex, intrigued by an area superstition {that a} legendary creature generally known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the world.
The sequence might be directed by Clio Barnard (The Egocentric Big, The Arbor).
Anna Symon (Deep Water, Mrs Wilson) will function lead author. Along with Knightley, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Patrick Walters, Iain Canning, Emile Sherman will govt produce the present alongside Clio Barnard and Anna Symon.
Andrea Cornwell will function producer.
The Essex Serpent might be produced for Apple TV+ by See-Noticed Movies, and is commissioned for Apple out of the UK by Apple’s Heads of Worldwide Video, Zack Van Amburg and Jamie Erlicht, and Artistic Director for Europe Worldwide Video, Jay Hunt.
The sequence will be a part of a rising slate of Apple Unique worldwide dramas, from international award-winning storytellers and expertise, together with the extremely anticipated sequence Suspicion, Sluggish Horses, Echo 3, Shantaram, Pachinko, Masters of the Air, and extra.
Launching final November, Apple TV+ has been a convincing success, attracting big-name stars akin to Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, and Steve Carrell into the fold.
It additionally lately aired the Tom Hanks-led Greyhound, which it acquired as a result of the film did not make it to cinemas as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
The streamer lately launched Ted Lasso, which is drawing rave evaluations, and scored an early second season renewal attributable to sturdy early rankings.
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