Netflix orders How to Kill Your Family with Taylor-Joy
August 21, 2024
Anya Taylor-Joy is set to star as murderous Grace Bernard, protagonist extraordinaire in How To Kill Your Family, a Netflix series inspired by Bella Mackie’s best-selling novel of the same name.
The eight parter, announced at Edinburgh TV Festival, will be a first production for Netflix from Sid Gentle Films (Killing Eve) with Emma Moran (Extraordinary) at the helm as lead writer. The novel itself has sold over 1.2 million copies since its debut in 2021.
Taylor-Joy commented: “As soon as I turned the last page, I knew I had to be a part of bringing this story to life. After some (light) stalking of the inimitable Bella Mackie, I could not be more thrilled to be collaborating with the team that is Sally, Lizzie and Emma. I am looking forward to getting our hands even dirtier.”
Mackie said: “It’s been thrilling to watch the characters I wrote take on new life under this magnificent creative team. Anya is the most perfect fit to play Grace: I often think she understands her better than I do. Pairing up with Sid Gentle has been joyful, and introducing me to Emma has made me supremely confident the book is in safe hands.”
Moran said: “I felt an immediate kinship with Grace. She’s the kind of complicated, dark, but utterly hilarious anti-hero you dream of writing. Striking that balance between camp fun and brutal violence that Bella hits so perfectly in the book is a challenge I’m so looking forward to. I’ve never had more fun on a project with such a high body count.”
Mona Qureshi, Director of Scripted Series, Netflix, added: “We are delighted to be embarking on such a fun and wild adventure, with our fabulous partners at Sid Gentle, and the extraordinary and rare talents that are Anya Taylor-Joy and Emma Moran lighting up the path. Bella Mackie has given us a brilliantly modern anti-hero in Grace, whose darkly humorous quest for revenge will take a scythe through British society as she sets about picking off the family that has wronged her. It is hard to imagine a more dazzling Grace than Anya – and we cannot wait to bring this to our Netflix members.”
More casting news will be announced soon.