Elisabeth Moss Is Set to Star in a Revenge Thriller Titled SHINING GIRLS for Apple TV+
Elisabeth Moss has jumped on board another series. She’s been filling her slate up with a lot of projects recently, and she is now set to star in and executive produce a series adaptation of the 2013 Lauren Beukes novel Shining Girls for Apple TV+.
Moss will play a Chicago reporter who “survived a brutal assault only to find her reality shifting as she hunts down her attacker.” If you’re not familiar with the book, here’s the full description. This sounds like an interesting story that will make for a great series.
A masterful twist on the serial killer novel from the award-winning author Lauren Beukes: the girl who wouldn't die hunts the killer who shouldn't exist.
Harper Curtis is a killer who stepped out of the past. Kirby Mazrachi is the girl who was never meant to have a future. Kirby is the last shining girl, one of the bright young women, burning with potential, whose lives Harper is destined to snuff out after he stumbles on a House in Depression-era Chicago that opens on to other times.
At the urging of the House, Harper inserts himself into the lives of these shining girls, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. He's the ultimate hunter, vanishing without a trace into another time after each murder -- until one of his victims survives.
Determined to bring her would-be killer to justice, Kirby joins the Chicago Sun-Times to work with the reporter, Dan Velasquez, who covered her case. Soon Kirby finds herself closing in on an impossible truth . . .
Silka Luisa will write the adaptation and serve as executive producer and showrunner. Moss and Lindsey McManus will executive produce under their Love & Squalor Pictures banner. Leonardo DiCaprio will also be an executive producer on the project through Appian Way.
This is the third series that Moss has joined this month. She is also attached to star in the limited series Candy, where she will play killer Candy Montgomery. She will also star in a neo-noir anthology series for Hulu titled Black Match.
Source: Variety