Anya Taylor-Joy is set to team with Netflix once again for an adaptation of Bella Mackie’s bestselling novel How to Kill Your Family.
Per Deadline’s report the Max Max: Furiosa star is set to play the book’s protagonist, Grace Bernard, who decides to exact revenge on her absentee millionaire father following her dying mother’s pleas for help.
The official synopsis for the eight-episode series reads: “Grace has a complicated family. Her dad is Simon Artemis; a billionaire and ruthless social climber. She’s the product of an affair he claims not to remember and Grace and her mum were left to fend for themselves. When her mother dies and she’s rejected by the very people who should love her, Grace transforms her anger into something useful: killing off this estranged extended family via morbidly creative means. Grace is clawing her way towards revenge and a hefty inheritance, but her mission only pulls her further away from what it is she really needs.”
Taylor-Joy, whose last collaboration with Netflix was the critically-acclaimed The Queen’s Gambit, said in a statement that “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 executive producers Sally Woodward Gentle, Lizzie Rusbridger, and Emma. I am looking forward to getting our hands even dirtier.”
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