Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel are going to play siblings in a brand new Amazon collection.
The web retailer/streamer has handed out a collection order for The Higher Sister, based mostly on the e-book of the identical title by Alafair Burke.
The thriller revolves round Chloe (Biel), who strikes via the world along with her lawyer husband Adam and teenage son Ethan by her facet whereas her estranged sister Nicky (Banks) hustles to make ends meet whereas attempting to remain clear. When Adam is brutally murdered, the prime suspect sends shockwaves via the household, laying naked long-buried secrets and techniques.
Banks and Biel may also exec produce the collection.
“Past being an attractive thriller filled with twists and turns, The Higher Sister is a gripping story about household feuds and forgiveness,” says Vernon Sanders, head of tv, Amazon MGM Studios. “The good duo of Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks are certain to deliver these characters to life in probably the most genuine approach alongside Olivia, Regina, Craig, and the gifted staff at Tomorrow Studios. The collection is in one of the best fingers to deliver Alafair Burke’s authentic IP to life for our international Prime Video clients.”
The collection hails from Tomorrow Studios, with Olivia Milch (Ocean’s 8) and Regina Corrado (Mayor of Kingstown) set to function showrunners. Each will exec produce alongside Banks, Biel and Craig Gillespie, with the latter additionally set to direct.
“We’re ecstatic to be adapting Alafair Burke’s charming novel right into a tv collection with Prime Video; this has been a real labor of affection for the complete staff at Tomorrow Studios,” mentioned Marty Adelstein, Tomorrow Studios Founder/CEO, and Becky Clements, president/companion. “The intricacies of sisterhood at all ages are a dynamic we’re all excited to discover inside a taut thriller. It’s a privilege to be working with showrunners as gifted as Olivia Milch and Regina Corrado on the primary challenge in our new enterprise with incomparable director and EP Craig Gillespie. All of us really feel so fortunate to have landed Jessica and Elizabeth as our starring sisters and collaborators — a tour de drive matchup on this propulsive new collection.”
“We’re so grateful to Tomorrow Studios for supporting us as we’ve explored the world of this household,” mentioned Olivia Milch and Regina Corrado, government producers and showrunners. “Craig Gillespie, who tells important and daring tales of individuals keen to go to extremes, introduced the proper imaginative and prescient for the collection. And we couldn’t really feel luckier to have Jessica and Elizabeth, who’ve awed us with their wealthy and layered work, as companions bringing these sisters and their secrets and techniques to life.”
Biel’s latest TV credit embrace Hulu’s Sweet and Peacock’s The Sinner. Banks most just lately starred in FX’s Mrs. America and exec producing Shrill and Pitch Good offshoot Bumper in Berlin.