HBO has discovered the primary hyperlink in The Chain.
Killing Eve star Jodie Comer will play a lead function within the thriller from showrunner Damon Lindelof. Her character, Rachel, is described as a surburban mom “who must consider the unthinkable when her daughter is kidnapped.”
HBO ordered the series in January as the primary venture to end result from a two-year general deal Lindelof signed with the outlet final yr. The Chain is predicated on a 2019 novel of the identical identify by Adrian McKinty, which particulars a kidnapping scheme the place an abductee’s mother and father should kidnap one other little one to safe their very own little one’s launch. Lindelof is claimed to be increasing on the mythology of the e-book.
“From the moment I heard the wild and original premise of Adrian’s book, I was shocked, surprised and angry I hadn’t thought of it myself,” Lindelof mentioned when the sequence order was introduced. “I’ve always wanted to try to adapt a great thriller and this one has all the dark, weird, exhilarating touches that fire up my imagination.”
Comer received an Emmy in 2019 for taking part in the murderer Villanelle within the first season of BBC America’s Killing Eve. Her current credit embrace 28 Years Later, The Bikeriders and The Finish We Begin From; she’ll subsequent be seen in A24’s The Death of Robin Hood reverse Hugh Jackman and Invoice Skarsgard. Comer is repped by Impartial Expertise Group and WME.
Lindelof, Carly Wray and Breannah Gibson share credit score on the pilot story for The Chain, with Lindelof and Wray writing the pilot script. Lindelof would be the showrunner and government produces with Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer Media Res, the co-studio on the sequence, Shane Salerno, Gibson and Joseph Iberti. McKinty is a co-EP.
