Katherine Langford has booked her return to the smaller display!
Starz has inexperienced-lit the drama sequence The Venery of Samantha Chook.
Langford (Knives Out, 13 Motives Why) will direct the 8-episode drama in the title part of Samantha.
The sequence is designed by Anna Moriarty, who also serves as government producer.
Salvatore Stabile (Waco) is showrunner and government producer.
Jessica Rhoades (Station Eleven, Sharp Objects) government creates by means of her Pacesetter Productions shingle, with Rachel Polan serving as co-government producer.
Jessica Yu (Fosse/Verdon, Billions) is consulting producer.
‘The Venery of Samantha Bird’ is the excellent enhance to our slate of provocative, immersive storytelling that leans into the woman gaze, explained Kathryn Busby, President of Authentic Programming, STARZ.
Katherine is an unbelievable expertise who will convey this modern day romance of addictive really like to daily life.
“Checking out loved ones in New England, Samantha Chook reconnects with her childhood sweetheart and falls headlong into a seemingly excellent storybook romance,” the logline reads. 
“But beneath their fever aspiration lurks a much more unsettling interpretation of this affair.”
The Venery of Samantha Chook is a haunting portrayal of addictive really like and the repercussions that a partnership has on the family members in a smaller New England city.
Langford shot to fame enjoying Hannah Baker in Netflix’s initial sequence 13 Motives Why, which grew to become a globally phenomenon soon following its March 2017 launch.
Langford was nominated for a Golden World Award for Very best Effectiveness by an Actress in a Tv Drama.
That very same calendar year, she gained the prestigious Display Australia Breakthrough Award from Australians in Movie.
In 2019, she was section of the critically acclaimed Lionsgate thriller thriller Knives Out, which gained a Hollywood Critics Affiliation Award for Very best Solid.
Her other movie credits also involve roles in 20th Century Fox’s Appreciate, Simon, and Paramount Pictures’ Spontaneous, for which she gained a Critics’ Option Award nomination.
She also returned to Netflix in July 2020, as the direct in Cursed.
Langford at present stars in the Australian Broadcasting Company (ABC) 6-section Australian criminal offense drama, Savage River.
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