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 exclusive movie actor, receiving Oscar nominations for “BlacKkKlansman” and “Marriage Story” and starring in projects ranging from “Ferrari” to “House of Gucci.”
Recently, however, Driver has slowly re-entered TV; in March, it was announced that he would star alongside Jessica Chastain 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 “very competitive” pursuit of the show’s rights.
The logline for the series reads: “When an escaped convict is cornered by law enforcement at a truck stop, he takes hostages in an attempt to bargain for his freedom. But the conflict soon escalates into an unwieldy social experiment with his captors, as well as an emotional poker match with a veteran FBI crisis negotiator who has not been trained as an empathetic ‘negotiator.'” announced.
“Rabbit, Rabbit” comes from writer Peter Craig, who will write all episodes. Craig, who is best known for writing screenplays for films such as “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 directs the acclaimed “Youth.” Studio MRC, which 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’, a anthology film from Jim Jarmusch which will be released in US cinemas in December.
