Two of Star Wars‘ leading ladies star in the adaptation of Laura Lippman’s 2019 novel.
Apple TV+ are continuing to chew through literary fiction like it’s going out of fashion.
Their latest show adapts Lady in the Lake, Laura Lippman’s 2019 thriller. The story focuses on the disappearance of a Black woman in the 1960s and runs for seven episodes.
Lady in the Lake stars Natalie Portman, who also executive produces, alongside Moses Ingram (The Queen’s Gambit, Star Wars: Kenobi)
Here’s the synopsis:
When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore on Thanksgiving 1966, the lives of two women converge on a fatal collision course. Maddie Schwartz (Portman) is a Jewish housewife seeking to shed a secret past and reinvent herself as an investigative journalist, and Cleo Johnson (Ingram) is a mother navigating the political underbelly of Black Baltimore while struggling to provide for her family.
Their disparate lives seem parallel at first, but when Maddie becomes fixated on Cleo’s mystifying death, a chasm opens that puts everyone around them in danger.
From visionary director Alma Har’el, “Lady in the Lake” emerges as a feverish noir thriller and an unexpected tale about the price women pay for their dreams.
Starring alongside Portman and Ingram are Y’lan Noel (The Photograph), Brett Gelman (Stranger Things), Byron Bowers (Swarm) and Noah Jupe (The Night Manager).
Plus, Josiah Cross (Masters of the Air), Mikey Madison (Better Things) and Pruitt Taylor Vince (Superman: Legacy).
Lady in the Lake is produced by Crazyrose and Bad Wolf America. It is created, executive produced, written and directed by Alma Har’el.
The show debuts at Apple TV+ with two episodes on Friday, 19th July 2024. Subsequent episodes follow weekly on Fridays until 23rd August.