Keira Knightley has signed on to star in and executive produce a drama series for Apple — her second commitment to a streaming TV project in the past few months.
The tech giant has given a series order to The Essex Serpent, a period drama based on Sarah Perry's British Book Award-winning novel.
Anna Symon (Mrs. Wilson) will be the lead writer, and Clio Barnard (Dark River) is set to direct. The Essex Serpent centers on Cora (Knightley).
Having being released from an abusive marriage, she relocates from Victorian London tothe small village of Aldwinter inEssex,intrigued by a local superstition thatamythicalcreature known as theEssex Serpent has returned to the area.
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