Toni Collette (Krampus, Hereditary, Knives Out) will headline the upcoming Netflix series “Pieces of Her,” Deadline reports today, which they describe as a “dramatic thriller.”
The series is based on Karin Slaughter‘s same-titled book from 2018, with Minkie Spiro (The Plot Against America) on board to direct Collette in all eight episodes.
“Written by Charlotte Stoudt, who serves as showrunner, Pieces of Her is set in a sleepy Georgia town where a random act of violence sets off an unexpected chain of events for 30-year-old Andy Oliver and her mother Laura (Collette). Desperate for answers, Andy embarks on a dangerous journey across America, drawing her towards the dark, hidden heart of her family.”
“Lovely, empathetic, modest – at first glance, Collette’s Laura Oliver seems to be the perfect Southern woman, devoted to her work as a speech pathologist and to her disaffected daughter, Andy. But when the ghosts of Laura’s past put her life in jeopardy, we discover there is more to Laura than meets the eye.”