Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks are protecting it within the household after a grotesque homicide. The highly-anticipated Prime Video restricted collection “The Higher Sister” brings Alafair Burke’s bestselling novel to life with the 2 actresses main (and govt producing) the thriller present.
Biel performs Chloe, a high-profile media govt who appears to have the proper life along with her lawyer husband Adam (Corey Stoll) and teenage son Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan). The one stain on Chloe’s household is her estranged sister Nicky (Banks), who struggles to remain clear. But after Adam is brutally murdered, Chloe realizes she has to have Nicky by her facet to resolve the case. The official synopsis teases that the “prime suspect sends shockwaves via the household, reuniting the 2 sisters as they attempt to untangle an advanced household historical past to find the reality behind his dying.”
Kim Dickens, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Bobby Naderi, Gabriel Sloyer, Gloria Reuben, Matthew Modine, and Lorraine Toussaint co-star.
The collection will debut with all eight episodes, that are produced by Amazon MGM Studios and Tomorrow Studios (a part of ITV Studios). Olivia Milch (“Ocean’s 8”) and Regina Corrado (“Mayor of Kingstown”) are the manager producers and co-showrunners.
Craig Gillespie directs and govt produces with Annie Marter via Lucky Jack Productions alongside govt producers Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements, and Alissa Bachner via Tomorrow Studios (One Piece). Lead stars Biel and Banks are also EPs, in addition to Michelle Purple and Kerry Orent.
Biel just lately starred in Hulu collection “Sweet” from creators Robin Veith and Nick Antosca, and USA Community anthology collection “The Sinner.” She additionally produced teen thriller “Merciless Summer season.”
“Anytime you’re kind of placing on a brand new hat and exploring your corporation from a distinct outlook, there’s a lot to study, and there’s simply a lot extra you will get out of it. Which is why I adore it when administrators say that they’ve taken an performing class, or actors will write as properly. I adore it when everyone seems to be doing a number of jobs,” Biel informed IndieWire about each performing and producing. “What I’ve discovered from a technical standpoint is I actually perceive how difficult it’s to create the schedule, and as an actor, in the event you’re taking a look at your week or your day, and also you’re like ‘What? This doesn’t make any sense. Why? Why do I’ve to do that scene, after which I’ve to alter appears to be like, after which I’ve to return? This doesn’t make sense.’ However from the producers’ standpoint you’re like, ‘Nicely, there’s a location situation, and right here’s the cope with the places,’ or, ‘An actor has a private factor they should get out of,’ or no matter it could be.”
“The Higher Sister” premieres Could 29 on Prime Video. Take a look at the trailer beneath.