Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning and A24 are teaming up for a legal thriller series.
The indie studio outbid several others for Discretion, based on a short story by best-selling author Chandler Baker. Kidman and Fanning are set to star in the project and will also serve as executive producers. The project is a reunion for Kidman, Fanning and A24, who are also behind Apple TV+’s Margo’s Got Money Troubles.
Plot details are being kept quiet, but the Dallas-set story is based in part on Baker’s experiences as a corporate attorney. Baker will adapt her story with the intent for Discretion to become an ongoing series. A24 will shop the project to potential buyers soon.
The executive producers are Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning and Brittany Kahan Ward of Lewellen Pictures; Kidman and Per Saari for Blossom Films; Baker; Susannah Grant (Unbelievable, Erin Brockovich); Jordan Cerf; and Joe Hipps, under his Cut To banner at A24.
The ever-busy Kidman is coming off the second seasons of Nine Perfect Strangers (Hulu) and Lioness (Paramount+) and limited series The Perfect Couple (Netflix) and has Scarpetta (Prime Video) and potentially a third season of HBO’s Big Little Lies on the horizon in addition to Margo’s Got Money Troubles. She also recently wrapped filming on Practical Magic 2 with Sandra Bullock.
Fanning stars in the forthcoming Predator: Badlands, due for release in November, and is set to play Effie Trinket in The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping. Her recent credits also include A Complete Unknown and Sentimental Value, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this month.
Baker, meanwhile, is currently adapting her novel The Husbands for an Amazon MGM Studios feature starring Kristen Wiig. She also co-wrote the screenplay for Prime Video’s upcoming holiday movie Oh. What. Fun., which is based on her short story.
Baker is repped by CAA, Writers House, Linden and Jackoway Austen; Kidman, by CAA, Media Talent Group and Jackoway Austen; Fanning, by UTA, TFC Management and Hansen Jacobsen; and Grant, by UTA and Adam Berkowitz of Lenore Entertainment Group.
