3 weeks ago
Emmy and BAFTA Award victor Jodie Comer (Killing Eve, 28 Years Later) has been tapped arsenic nan lead of The Chain, HBO‘s upcoming constricted bid from Damon Lindeloff and Media Res.
The thriller, based connected nan bestselling book The Chain by Adrian McKinty, follows Rachel (Comer), a suburban mom who must see nan unthinkable erstwhile her girl is kidnapped.
Lindelof is writer, executive shaper and showrunner of The Chain, which is expanding nan book’s mythology. Lindelof and Carly Wray wrote nan aviator book disconnected a communicative by Lindelof, Wray and Breannah Gibson.
Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer executive nutrient for Media Res, which serves arsenic co-studio alongside HBO. Shane Salerno, Breannah Gibson and Joe Iberti besides executive produce. McKinty is simply a co-executive producer.
The task got a bid order astatine HBO, wherever Lindelof is nether an wide deal, successful January.
English character Comer is astir apt champion known for her domiciled arsenic sociopathic assassin Villanelle connected BBC America’s Killing Eve, which earned her an Emmy and BAFTA TV Award. She won a 2nd BAFTA TV Award for nan 2021 Channel 4 movie Help. In movies, Comer precocious starred successful Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later and will adjacent beryllium seen in The Death of Robin Hood, The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde and Stuffed. She is repped by Independent Talent Group and WME.
