VOD News | On 21, Aug 2024

Anya Taylor-Joy will star in How to Kill Your Family for Netflix.

The series, inspired by Bella Mackie’s best-selling novel of the same name, is an eight-part thriller adapted for the screen by EMma Moran (Extraordinary).

Taylor-Joy (Furiosa, Dune, The Queen’s Gambit) will star as murderous Grace Bernard, the protagonist of the 2001 novel. Grace is the forgotten child of Simon Artemis, a merciless billionaire. When her mother dies and Grace is rejected by the people who should love her, she transforms her anger into revenge. Will the deadly scheme take even more from Grace than she’s already lost?

Produced by Sid Gentle Films Ltd (Killing Eve), the series is exec-produced by Moran, Sally Woodward Gentle, Lizzie Rusbridger and Lee Morris for Sid Gentle Film, as well as Anya Taylor-Joy for LadyKiller.

Anya Taylor-Joy says: “As soon as I turned the last page, I knew I had to be a part of bringing this story to life. After some (light) stalking of the inimitable Bella Mackie, I could not be more thrilled to be collaborating with the team that is Sally, Lizzie and Emma. I am looking forward to getting our hands even dirtier.”

Bella Mackie adds: “It’s been thrilling to watch the characters I wrote take on new life under this magnificent creative team. Anya is the most perfect fit to play Grace: I often think she understands her better than I do. Pairing up with Sid Gentle has been joyful, and introducing me to Emma has made me supremely confident the book is in safe hands.”

Emma Moran comments: “I felt an immediate kinship with Grace. She’s the kind of complicated, dark, but utterly hilarious anti-hero you dream of writing. Striking that balance between camp fun and brutal violence that Bella hits so perfectly in the book is a challenge I’m so looking forward to. I’ve never had more fun on a project with such a high body count.”

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