Elizabeth Banks Set To Direct and Co-Star in a Series Adaptation of RED QUEEN

The Peacock streaming service is developing a series adaptation of the best-selling YA fantasy novel Red Queen, which was written by Victoria Aveyard. Elizabeth Banks has signed on to direct the series and she will also play a major supporting role. She is also executive producing alongside Max Handelman.

Red Queen is set in “an alternate near-future America where democracy is replaced by a monarchy led by a group of humans with superpowers who rule with an iron fist over those without powers. Mare, a fiery young woman born to poverty without powers, is doing the best she can to survive and protect her family when she discovers the unthinkable: She somehow has powers too! This shocking discovery turns our world upside down and catapults our unlikely hero to become the face of a revolution for the oppressed while searching for the truth behind the greatest mystery of all…how she became so powerful in the first place.”

The project is being co-written by former Arrow showrunner Beth Schwartz and Aveyard, and it’s being produced by Warner Bros. TV.

Source: Deadline