Jodie Comer To Star In HBO Series ‘The Chain’ From Damon Lindelof

Emmy and BAFTA Award winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve, 28 Years Later) has been tapped because the lead of The Chain, HBO‘s upcoming restricted sequence from Damon Lindeloff and Media Res.

The thriller, based mostly on the bestselling e-book The Chain by Adrian McKinty, follows Rachel (Comer), a suburban mother who should contemplate the unthinkable when her daughter is kidnapped.

Lindelof is author, govt producer and showrunner of The Chainwhich is increasing the e-book’s mythology. Lindelof and Carly Wray wrote the pilot script off a narrative by Lindelof, Wray and Breannah Gibson.

Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer govt produce for Media Res, which serves as co-studio alongside HBO. Shane Salerno, Breannah Gibson and Joseph Iberti additionally govt produce. McKinty is a co-executive producer.

The venture got a series order at HBOthe place Lindelof is below an total deal, in January.

English actress Comer might be greatest recognized for her function as sociopathic murderer Villanelle on BBC America’s Killing Eve, which earned her an Emmy and BAFTA TV Award. She gained a second BAFTA TV Award for the 2021 Channel 4 movie Help. In motion pictures, Comer just lately starred in Danny Boyle’s 28 Years Later and can subsequent be seen in The Death of Robin Hood, The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde and Stuffed. She is repped by Independent Talent Group and WME.