THE KILLING Stars 'The Killing' Stars Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos Will Team Up Again For Amazon's HANNA Series
Joel Kinnaman and Mireille Enos were great on screen together in the TV series The Killing. They had great chemistry, and it's great to hear that they are coming back together for a new series. The show is being developed by Amazon Studios and it's called Hanna.
Hanna is a series reboot of director Joe Wright's 2011 film that starred Saoirse Ronan. It described as "a high-concept thriller and coming-of-age drama that follows the journey of an extraordinary young girl as she evades the relentless pursuit of an off-book CIA agent and tries to unearth the truth behind who she is."
According to the THR, Enos will take on the role of Marissa, "an efficient and ruthless agent who has risen up the ranks of the CIA. However, beneath her cool exterior is a deeply buried secret that continues to haunt her. The reappearance of Hanna and her father, Erik, threaten to expose the past she has worked to repress."
Kinnaman will take on the role of Erik, "a hardened, intuitive and uncompromising soldier and mercenary, who, for the past 15 years, has raised his daughter in the remote forests of northern Poland. Isolated from the world he once knew, he has trained Hanna in every method of survival, with his only goal, to keep her safe. But his teenage daughter begins to seek freedom from the restricted haven he has created."
The title character will be played by Creed-Miles, the character is described as an "extraordinary teenage girl, who feels she must leave the confinement of the forest to experience life. But once in the world, Hanna is hunted by Marissa and others connected to Hanna's hidden origins and exceptional abilities."
The script for the series was written by David Farr, who co-wrote the original film. The pilot episode will be directed by Sarah Adina Smith (Legion). Joe Write is not involved with the series. Farr had this to say in a statement:
"I'm thrilled that Hanna has managed to attract a visionary director and actors of the caliber of Mireille and Joel to play our adult leads. And in Esme Creed-Miles I believe we have discovered a star of the future — she is going to be a very special Hanna. Hanna aims to be both a raw-knuckle ride and a deeply touching family drama. It has the visceral excitement of a genuine conspiracy thriller but also the simple humanity of a rites of passage drama. Hanna is in a very unusual family. She's a very special teenager. But all teenagers think they're abnormal. She's just a little more abnormal than most."
I really liked the film that was made and with the talent involved with this TV series, and I hope that it turns out to be good. I'll definitely be watching it.