Pirates of the Caribbean and Misbehaviour star Keira Knightley will lead the Apple TV+ adaptation of The Essex Serpent.

Tailored from Sarah Perry’s 2016 novel of the identical identify, The Essex Serpent follows the recently-widowed Cora (Knightley) who relocates from Victorian London to a small village in Essex after escaping her abusive marriage.

In her new setting, Cora turns into intrigued by an area superstition {that a} legendary creature often known as the Essex Serpent has returned to the world.

The novel is about within the yr 1893 and begins with the outline of a loss of life, which is later attributed to a mythological creature.

The sequence will probably be directed by Clio Barnard (Darkish River), whereas Anna Symon (Mrs Wilson) is on board as the author.

Knightley can even government produce the venture, alongside Barnard, Symon, Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, Patrick Walters, Iain Canning and Emile Sherman. Andrea Cornwell will function producer.

That is the second new sequence Knightley has lined up this yr, with the actress additionally set to star in Hulu’s adaptation of The Different Typist.

Primarily based on the Suzanne Rindell e book of the identical identify, The Different Typist is a suspense-thriller set in New York through the top of the prohibition period.

It follows a “prim, unworldly police division typist named Rose who’s drawn into the shady world of her glamorous new co-worker Odalie (Knightley), however when the final word crime is dedicated, it is unsure which of the 2 girls was the extra treacherous” (by way of Deadline).

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