EXCLUSIVE: Apple has set BAFTA and Emmy winner Dearbhla Walsh (Dangerous Sisters, Fargo), Kate Herron (The Final of Us, Loki) and Alice Seabright (Intercourse Schooling, Chloe) to direct Margo’s Bought Cash Troubles, its upcoming drama sequence from David E. Kelley and A24, starring Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman.
Walsh will direct 4 of the eight episodes together with the pilot, Herron and Seabright will direct two episodes every
In Margo’s Bought Cash Troubles, primarily based on Rufi Thorpe’s novel, Fanning stars as Margo Millet, the kid of a Hooters waitress, Shyanne (Pfeiffer), and an ex-pro wrestler, Jinx (Nick Offerman), who turns into pregnant after a short affair with an English professor, Mark (Michael Angarano), on the native junior school she attends. Now, at 20, Margo is alone with an toddler, unemployed, and on the verge of eviction. When her estranged father Jinx reveals up on her doorstep and asks to maneuver in along with her, she agrees in trade for assist with childcare. Margo begins an OnlyFans as an experiment and shortly finds herself adapting a few of Jinx’s recommendation from the world of wrestling.
Forged additionally consists of Thaddea Graham, Marcia Homosexual Harden, Greg Kinnear. Lindsey Normington, Rico Nasty and Michael Workèyè.
Margo’s Bought Cash Troubles is produced for Apple TV+ by A24. Kelley serves as author and showrunner on the eight-episode sequence. He and Matthew Tinker government produce for David E. Kelley Productions alongside Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning and Brittany Kahan Ward for Lewellen Photos; and Kidman and Per Saari of Blossom Movies. Pfeiffer, creator Thorpe and Eva Anderson additionally government produce.
Walsh not too long ago returned as lead director and government producer for the second season of Apple TV+’s Dangerous Sisters, starring Sharon Horgan. Different current directing credit embrace Japanese dramedy Sunny, the Shining Vale comedy pilot, Tales from the Loop and Marvel’s The Punisher. Walsh is repped by CAA, Casarotto Ramsay and Associates Ltd, and Sloane Supply Weber & Dern.
Herron is likely one of the season 2 administrators for HBO’s The Final of Us and likewise is about to direct The Sims characteristic adaptation for Amazon MGM Studios from a script she is co-writing with Briony Redman. Herron beforehand served as government producer and directed the primary season of Disney+ sequence Loki. Herron is repped by Casarotto Ramsay & Associates, CAA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
Seabright directed the standalone episode six of Say Nothing for FX, a 10-part sequence primarily based on Patrick Radden Keefe’s bestselling novel. She most not too long ago helmed Joe Barton’s adaptation of Amadeus for Sky. She additionally created the psychological thriller TV miniseries Chloe for BBC and Amazon, and directed a number of epsiodes of Netflix’s Intercourse Schooling. Seabright is repped by Lark and UTA.
