Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning have signed up to work with each other again, this time in Discretion, a legal series written by The Husbands author Chandler Baker.
It is the latest project for the pair, who have worked together on Sofia Coppola’s southern gothic thriller The Beguiled and sci-fi rom-com How To Talk To Girls At Parties as well as Apple’s upcoming David E. Kelley series Margo’s Got Money Problems.
It comes after A24 acquired the rights to Baker’s short story Discretion, which is yet to be published.
Baker will adapt the fictional short story set in Dallas, which is inspired by her experience as a corporate attorney. Baker was a lawyer at a D.C. firm before moving to Dallas as a corporate attorney, having also worked for a major sports franchise.
Baker is busy in Hollywood these; she is adapting her book The Husbands for Amazon MGM and Plan B, with Kristen Wiig attached to star and produce. A movie adaptation of her short story Oh. What. Fun, which she co-wrote with director Michael Showalter, is set at Prime Video with starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Eva Longoria, Felicity Jones, and Chloe Grace Moretz. She is also developing a TV adaptation of her novel Cutting Teeth for a streamer, while HBO initially optioned her book Whisper Network.
She will adapt her story and exec produce alongside Erin Brockovich writer Susannah Grant. Kidman will exec produce alongside Per Saari under their Blossom Films banner, Fanning will exec produce alongside her sister Dakota and Brittany Kahan Ward for Lewellen Pictures. Linden Entertainment’s Jordan Cerf will also exec produce as will Joe Hipps, who set up his Cut To banner at A24.
It is the latest TV project for A24, which is behind series such as HBO’s Euphoria, Netflix’s Beef and Prime Video’s Overcompensating as well as Margo’s Got Money Troubles. The company is set to take the TV and film rights to the Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise and is working with Noah Baumbach on a series adaptation Andrew Ridker’s novel Hope, which is set up at Netflix with Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski writing.
Baker is represented by CAA, Writers House, Linden, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Kidman is represented by CAA, Media Talent Group, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Fanning is represented by UTA, TFC Management, and Hansen Jacobsen. Grant is represented by UTA and Adam Berkowitz of Lenore Entertainment Group.