EXCLUSIVE: FX has given a pilot order to Seven Sisters, a drama starring Elizabeth Olsen (Love and Dying, His Three Daughters). It comes from government producers Will Arbery (Succession, Irma Vep), who wrote the pilot; Sean Durkin (The Iron Claw, Lifeless Ringers), who will direct it; and Garrett Basch (What We Do within the Shadows, Ripley).
Seven Sisters reunites Olsen and Durkin a decade and a half after the award-winning 2011 film Martha Marcy Could Marlene, written and directed by Durkin in his characteristic directorial debut, which starred Olsen in her movie debut.
In Seven Sisters, from FX Productions, a big, tight-knit household begins to unravel when a sister (Olsen) begins communing with a voice nobody else can hear —f orcing every of them to confront long-buried secrets and techniques.
If the pilot goes ahead, it could mark Basch’s fifth collection for FX, the place his firm Dive has a longstanding first-look deal, following Devs, Reservation Canine, What We Do Within the Shadows and Sterlin Harjo’s upcoming Tulsa noir drama starring Ethan Hawke. He most just lately government produced Ripley for Netflix, Time Bandits for Apple TV+ and Inside Chinatown for Hulu. Basch’s current characteristic credit embrace Taika Waititi’s Subsequent Objective Wins and the upcoming Klara and the Solar.
Arbery, a playwright and screenwriter from Texas, wrote for HBO’s Succession, for which he gained the WGA Award for Episodic Drama. He co-wrote the screenplay for the upcoming movie Sacrifice, directed by Romain Gavras and starring Chris Evans and Anya Taylor Pleasure. As a playwright, he’s recognized for Heroes of the Fourth Turning, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Arbery is repped by CAA, Vary, and Ziffren Brittenham.
Durkin most just lately wrote, directed, and produced The Iron Claw for A24, which gained at The ninety fifth Nationwide Board of Assessment Awards. He’s set to adapt and direct Deep Cuts for A24, starring Saoirse Ronan and Austin Butler. Durkin is repped by UTA, Administration 360, and Nelson Davis.
Olsen will subsequent star alongside Alicia Vikander in Fleur Fortuné’s characteristic directorial debut, The Evaluation, which premiered on the 2024 Toronto Worldwide Movie Competition and was acquired by Magnolia Footage. She additionally may even star alongside Miles Teller and Callum Turner within the A24 romantic comedy Eternity which she additionally government produces. At the moment, Olsen is in manufacturing on the Warner Brothers thriller Panic Fastidiously reverse Julia Roberts. She is repped by Brillstein Leisure Companions, CAA, and Sloane, Supply, Weber & Dern.
