Samantha Morton to Star Opposite Ruby Stokes in Paramount+ Thriller Series BURNING GIRLS
Samantha Morton (Minority Report, The Walking Dead) has signed on to star in the Paramount+ thriller series Burning Girls, opposite Ruby Stokes (Bridgerton). The story is being adapted from a C.J. Tudor novel, and follows a village haunted by a dark and turbulent history.
“Morton will play Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent haunted by a tragedy from her previous church and who bears the onus of her husband’s death. Stokes is her daughter Flo, a teenager who marches to the beat of her own drum. Both arrive in Chapel Croft in the hope of a fresh start, however, they soon find the village rife with conspiracies and secrets.”
The rest of the cast includes Conrad Khan (Peaky Blinders), Rupert Graves (Sherlock, Emma), Stranger Things star Elodie Grace Orkin, Janie Dee, David Dawson (The Last Kingdom), Paul Bradley (EastEnders), Jane Lapotaire (The Crown, Marie Curie), Jack Roth (Bohemian Rhapsody), Mollie Holder (Sanditon), Safia Oakley-Green (The Origin, Sherwood), Beth Cordingly (Learning to Walk Again), and John Macmillian (House of Dragon).
Burning Girls has entered production, and is set to hit Paramount+ in 2023.
via: Deadline