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Anya Taylor-Joy Series Adds Clive Owen, New Cast Members
A new Netflix series is being made from Bella Mackie’s book How to Kill Your Family.
Anya Taylor-Joy will play Grace Bernard, the main character.
Grace is upset after being rejected by her very rich father, Simon Artemis.
She decides to take revenge on her family.
Clive Owen will play Simon.
Orlando Norman and David Shields have also joined the cast, but their roles are not known yet.
The show will have eight episodes.
Filming is expected to start in October.
Several filmmakers, including Emma Moran, Josephine Bornebusch and Tom Kingsley, are working on the series.
Clive Owen, Orlando Norman and David Shields have joined Netflix’s adaptation of How to Kill Your Family.
Anya Taylor-Joy will play Grace Bernard, whose billionaire father Simon Artemis will be played by Owen.
The eight-episode series is based on Bella Mackie’s bestselling novel and follows Grace’s revenge plot.
Filming is scheduled to begin in October, with production described as starting this autumn.
Emma Moran is creator and lead writer, while Josephine Bornebusch and Tom Kingsley will direct.
- Who
- Anya Taylor-Joy, Clive Owen, Orlando Norman, David Shields and the creative team led by Emma Moran are involved.
- What
- Netflix’s eight-episode series adaptation of Bella Mackie’s How to Kill Your Family has added cast members.
- Where
- The articles do not specify a filming location.
- When
- The project was announced in 2024; filming is scheduled to begin in October, described as starting this autumn.
- Why
- The series adapts Mackie’s novel, which follows Grace Bernard as she pursues revenge after a painful rejection by her billionaire father.
Key facts
- Source novel
- How to Kill Your Family by Bella Mackie
- Lead actor
- Anya Taylor-Joy as Grace Bernard
- New cast
- Clive Owen, Orlando Norman and David Shields
- Clive Owen’s role
- Simon Artemis, Grace’s billionaire father
- Format
- Eight-episode series
- Production start
- Filming is set to begin in October
- Creator and lead writer
- Emma Moran
- Production companies
- Sid Gentle Films and Taylor-Joy’s LadyKiller
Quotes
Netflix series announcement
Announcement published in the series’ caption on X
“Grace is the forgotten child of Simon Artemis, a merciless billionaire. After a heartbreaking rejection, Grace decides to exact revenge. But will this deadly scheme take even more from Grace than she’s already lost?”
telegraphindia.com
“Clive Owen, Orlando Norman and David Shields will join Anya Taylor-Joy in new series HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY, based on Bella Mackie’s bestselling novel. Production begins this autumn.”
telegraphindia.com
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