Amy Brenneman is teaming up with one of the executive producers behind “Big Little Lies.” “The Leftovers” alumna has signed on to topline a TNT mystery drama pilot that hails from Bruna Papandrea, The Hollywood Reporter writes.
The project follows a trio of characters with troubled and mysterious pasts, “including a woman who once looked into the eyes of a dangerous killer, a former serial predator desperate to find redemption, and a grieving mother obsessed with finding her missing daughter,” THR hints. “As each of them is pushed to the edge, the truth about their pasts and their motives grows ever murkier, blurring the lines between victim and perpetrator.”
Brenneman has been cast as the grieving mother, Mary. She’s spent years searching for her missing daughter, and “on one hand, her loss has made her a passionate advocate for vulnerable women, but on the other, the tragedy has given her new power and polish — as well as a ruthless streak that makes her a threat to anyone who stands in her way.”
Harriet Warner (“Call the Midwife”) penned the script and will serve as executive producer alongside Papandrea and Casey Haver (“Housesitters”).
Brenneman is a five-time Emmy nominee who scored multiple nods for her roles in “Judging Amy” and “NYPD Blue.”
Papandrea previously worked with Reese Witherspoon at Pacific Standard, the production company behind “Big Little Lies,” “Gone Girl,” and “Wild.” Her new banner, Made Up Stories, is producing and co-financing “The Babadook” helmer Jennifer Kent’s “The Nightingale,” a crime drama about a woman seeking revenge for her family’s murder in Tasmania. The project is currently in post-production.
