Adam Driver Teams with ‘Adolescence’ Director for New TV Project

In 2012, Adam Driver rose to fame as the aloof and emotionally unavailable love interest in Lena Dunham’s “Girls.” Although he stayed with the HBO comedy for all six seasons, Driver quickly made the leap to film, starring in the “Star Wars” sequel trilogy just three years later. And since the show ended in 2017, he’s been an exclusively movie actor, receiving Oscar nominations for “BlacKkKlansman” and “Marriage Story” and starring in projects that range from “Ferrari” to “House of Gucci.”

Recently, however, Driver has slowly gotten back into TV; in March, it was announced he would star alongside Jessica Chastain in the art world drama “The Dealer” for Apple. Now, the actor will also lead “Rabbit, Rabbit,” a hostage thriller series for Netflix. The streamer announced the news on Wednesday, October 29, giving the show a straight-to-series order after what was described as a “highly competitive” pursuit for the show’s rights.

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The logline for the series reads: “When an escaped convict is cornered by law enforcement at a truck stop, he takes hostages in an effort to bargain for his freedom. But the standoff soon escalates into an unmanageable social experiment with his captives, as well as an emotional poker match with a veteran FBI Crisis Negotiator trained in ‘tactical empathy.'” Additional casting beyond Driver has not been announced.

“Rabbit, Rabbit” comes from writer Peter Craig, who will pen all episodes. Craig, who is best known for writing the screenplays for films like “The Batman” and “Top Gun: Maverick,” most recently created the Apple TV series “Dope Thief.” The series will be directed by Phillip Barantini, who most recently won an Emmy for directing the acclaimed “Adolescence.” Studio MRC, which has created the successful Netflix series “House of Cards” and “Ozark” as well as other shows such as “The Great” and “Poker Face,” is producing the series.

Driver, Craig, and Barantini will all executive produce the series. Additional executive producers include Samantha Beddoe for her and Barantini’s It’s All Made Up Productions and Bryan Unkeless for his and Craig’s Night Owl banner.

Driver most recently starred in “Megalopolis,” Francis Ford Coppola’s divisive utopian science fiction epic. He will next be seen in “Father Mother Sister Brother,” an anthology film from Jim Jarmusch that will be released in U.S. theaters this December.