We learned earlier this year that Apple has given a straight-to-series order to a psychological thriller series from “Outcast” writer Tony Basgallop that M. Night Shyamalan will executive produce. The half-hour series has received a 10-episode order, with Shyamalan also set to direct the first episode.
Deadline adds today that Lauren Ambrose (“Six Feet Under”) and Nell Tiger Free (“Game of Thrones”) have signed on to star. They’ll play two of the series’ three leads.
The site notes, “While the plot of the series has not been revealed, I hear it follows parents Dorothy and Sean Turner, who have hired young nanny Leanne to help care for their newborn child. Not to spoil the big twist, let’s just say things are not quite as they seem.”
Ambrose will play the mother, Dorothy Turner. Free will portray the nanny, Leanne Grayson.
The series will be produced by Shyamalan’s Blinding Edge Pictures with Ashwin Rajan serving as executive producer. Jason Blumenthal, Todd Black and Steve Tisch of Escape Artists will also executive produce, with Taylor Latham co-executive producing.