Apple TV Just Adapted a Hit Novel Into a New Show Starring Anya Taylor-Joy. It’s Unrecognizable.
The new Apple TV limited series Lucky is based on a bestselling novel by Marissa Stapley, a story of a father–daughter con-artist pair that was named a Reese’s Book Club selection in 2021. Although the show, which was co-produced by Witherspoon herself and features a stacked cast of name-brand actors including Anya Taylor-Joy, Timothy Olyphant, Annette Bening, and Drew Starkey, is being released week by week after Wednesday’s initial two-episode drop, you could read the whole novel this weekend and barely spoil the show for yourself, so much does Apple depart from the source material.
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The new Apple TV limited series Lucky is based on a bestselling novel by Marissa Stapley, a story of a father–daughter con-artist pair that was named a Reese’s Book Club selection in 2021. Although the show, which was co-produced by Witherspoon herself and features a stacked cast of name-brand actors including Anya Taylor-Joy, Timothy Olyphant, Annette Bening, and Drew Starkey, is being released week by week after Wednesday’s initial two-episode drop, you could read the whole novel this weekend and barely spoil the show for yourself, so much does Apple depart from the source material. In Stapley’s story, every bit of the action is driven by the heroine—raised a con artist, but now reluctant to practice her father’s dark arts—happening to purchase a winning lottery ticket as she’s on the run from the law. The ticket is worth a lot of money, but in claiming it, Lucky would be turning herself in.
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- The new Apple TV limited series Lucky is based on a bestselling novel by Marissa Stapley, a story of a father–daughter con-artist pair that was named a Reese’s Book Club selection in 2021. Although the show, which was co-produced by Witherspoon herself and features a stacked cast of name-brand actors including Anya Taylor-Joy, Timothy Olyphant, Annette Bening, and Drew Starkey, is being released week by week after Wednesday’s initial two-episode drop, you could read the whole novel this weekend and barely spoil the show for yourself, so much does Apple depart from the source material.
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Apple TV Just Adapted a Hit Novel Into a New Show Starring Anya Taylor-Joy. It’s Unrecognizable.
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