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Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning Legal Thriller 'Discretion'
Lands at Paramount+ With Straight-to-Series Order
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In a competitive situation, Paramount+ has given out a
straight-to-series order to the legal drama "Discretion"
starring Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning, Variety has
confirmed.
The project is based on the short story of the same name
by Chandler Baker ("Whisper Network," "The Husbands")
and will be produced by A24 for Paramount. The show has
received an eight-episode order and will begin
production in 2026.
The logline for the series states, "Lenny (Fanning), a
summer associate at a prestigious Dallas law firm,
uncovers a web of NDAs masking a dark truth. When she
realizes she signed the same agreement, her discoveries
put her in the crosshairs of the firm's most powerful
female partner Sharon (Kidman)-upending their
mentor-protege dynamic and raising the question: who
gets to keep secrets, and at what cost?"
Baker is writing and executive producing the series,
with both Kidman and Fanning executive producing in
addition to starring. Susannah Grant ("Erin Brokovich,"
"Unbelievable") is also attached to executive produce.
Kidman is executive producing via Blossom Films with Per
Saari, while Fanning, her sister Dakota Fanning, and
Brittany Kahan Ward executive produce for Lewellen
Pictures. Jordan Cerf of Linden Entertainment and Joe
Hipps of Cut To will also executive produce.
Kidman is repped by CAA, Media Talent Group, and
Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Fanning is repped by UTA, TFC
Management, and Hansen Jacobsen. Grant is repped by UTA
and Lenore Entertainment Group. Baker is repped by CAA,
Writers House, Linden, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
This marks the latest high-profile move by Cindy Holland,
the chair of DTC for Paramount, and Jane Wiseman, head of
originals for Paramount+, under the David Ellison regime.
As previously reported, Holland was instrumental in
bringing "Stranger Things" creators Matt and Ross Duffer
over to Paramount with a massive four-year film and TV
deal.
Likewise, Ellison shelled out $7.7 billion to lock up the
rights to UFC events for the next seven years, making
Paramount+ the exclusive streaming home of all UFC fights
starting in 2026. Ellison also moved quickly to secure
the Timothee Chalamet-James Mangold package "High Side,"
which will see Chalamet play a former motocross racer who
is drawn into a string of bank robberies.
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