Anya Taylor-Joy is set to return to the small screen as she has been tapped to star in Lucky, an Apple TV+ limited series based on the bestselling novel by Marissa Stapley of the same name.
The series centers on “a young woman who left behind the life of crime she was raised in years ago, but must now embrace her darker, criminal side one final time in a desperate attempt to escape her past.” Jonathan Trooper created the series and will serve as co-showrunner alongside Cassie Pappas. Production is expected to kick off in spring 2025. Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine banner will produce the series. In addition to starring in Lucky, Taylor-Joy will also executive produce alongside Witherspoon and Tropper.
“Hello Sunshine continues to do a fantastic job of championing women’s voices and I’m thrilled to be joining the team alongside Jonathan, Cassie and Apple TV+ to bring Lucky to life,” said Taylor-Joy in a statement.
Witherspoon added, “Reese’s Book Club began with the goal of deepening connections – to the stories, to the storytellers, and to the community we are building. It is incredibly rewarding to be able to amplify these female-centric stories and their authors, see our community connect with them, then see them take on a whole new life on screen. We couldn’t be more excited to partner with Apple TV+ and the incomparable Anya Taylor-Joy, plus our brilliant creator Jonathan Tropper and his wonderful co-showrunner Cassie Pappas, to bring this compelling series – based on Marissa Stapley’s fantastic novel – to audiences around the world.“
Taylor-Joy’s last small screen outing was for The Queen’s Gambit, the Netflix limited series which follows Beth Harmon, a fictional American chess prodigy on her rise to the top of the chess world while struggling with drug and alcohol dependency. The actress won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Limited Series or Television Film and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. She will next be seen starring alongside Miles Teller in The Gorge, a “high-action, genre-bending love story” directed by Scott Derrickson. The film centers on two soldiers who are tasked with guarding a seemingly never-ending gorge without knowing what actually lies beneath them. It’s slated for a 2025 release on Apple TV+.