Anya Taylor-Joy to Star in Netflix’s ‘How to Kill Your Family’

Anya Taylor-Pleasure is returning to screens on Netflix.

The actress, recognized for roles in Furiosa: A Mad Max Story, The Menu and Final Night time in Soho, will play the lead position of the murderous Grace Bernard in an adaptation of Bella Mackie’s novel Tips on how to Kill Your Household.

Taylor-Pleasure beforehand led The Queen’s Gambit for Netflix, a chess thriller that positioned within the high 10 in 92 international locations on Netflix and ranked No. 1 in 63 international locations, together with the U.Okay., Argentina and South Africa. Sixty-two million accounts tuned in over the primary 28 days of its launch.

Mackie serves as co-executive producer on the eight-episode sequence from Sid Light Movies Ltd, which additionally produced Killing Eve. Her ebook follows the story of Grace, the illegitimate daughter of a millionaire who deserted her and her mom, ignoring her mom’s pleas for assist as she was near dying. Grace vows revenge and decides to kill each member of her father’s household, leaving him for final.

The present’s lead author, Emma Moran, labored on Extraordinary and serves as an govt producer alongside Sally Woodward Light, Lizzie Rusbridger and Lee Morris for Sid Light Movie, in addition to Taylor-Pleasure for LadyKiller.

Taylor-Pleasure mentioned: “As quickly as I turned the final web page, I knew I needed to be part of bringing this story to life. After some (mild) stalking of the inimitable Bella Mackie, I couldn’t be extra thrilled to be collaborating with the workforce that’s Sally, Lizzie and Emma. I’m trying ahead to getting our palms even dirtier.”

Mackie added: “It’s been thrilling to look at the characters I wrote tackle new life below this magnificent inventive workforce. Anya is essentially the most good match to play Grace: I usually assume she understands her higher than I do. Pairing up with Sid Light has been joyful, and introducing me to Emma has made me supremely assured the ebook is in secure palms.”

The information was unveiled at Edinburgh TV Competition on Wednesday alongside a slate of different Netflix tasks. Additional forged and different particulars shall be introduced sooner or later.