Anya Taylor-Joy to Star in How to Kill Your Family Series Adaptation at Netflix

Anya Taylor-Joy, who first broke out on Netflix with “The Queen’s Gambit,” is returning to the streamer to star in a series adaptation of Bella Mackie’s bestselling novel “How to Kill Your Family.”

In the eight-episode series, which was announced on Wednesday at the Edinburgh TV Festival, Taylor-Joy will play the murderous protagonist Grace Bernard.

“Grace has a complicated family. Her dad is Simon Artemis; a billionaire and ruthless social climber. She’s the product of an affair he claims not to remember and Grace and her mum were left to fend for themselves,” the synopsis reads. “When her mother dies and she’s rejected by the very people who should love her, Grace transforms her anger into something useful: killing off this estranged extended family via morbidly creative means. Grace is clawing her way towards revenge and a hefty inheritance, but her mission only pulls her further away from what it is she really needs.”

“How to Kill Your Family” marks the first collaboration between Netflix and Sid Gentle Films Ltd (“Killing Eve”). Emma Moran (“Extraordinary”) is serving as lead writer and executive producer, with Taylor-Joy also EPing for her LadyKiller Productions Inc. Sally Woodward Gentle, Lizzie Rusbridger and Lee Morris are executive producing for Sid Gentle. Mackie is a co-executive producer.

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“As soon as I turned the last page, I knew I had to be a part of bringing this story to life,” Taylor-Joy said in a statement. “After some (light) stalking of the inimitable Bella Mackie, I could not be more thrilled to be collaborating with the team that is Sally, Lizzie and Emma. I am looking forward to getting our hands even dirtier.”

Added Mackie, “It’s been thrilling to watch the characters I wrote take on new life under this magnificent creative team. Anya is the most perfect fit to play Grace: I often think she understands her better than I do. Pairing up with Sid Gentle has been joyful, and introducing me to Emma has made me supremely confident the book is in safe hands.”

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Update: 2024-08-16

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