Given her years on The Handmaid's Tale, Elisabeth Moss would be forgiven for seeking out something light and funny. But she's delving back into darkness and drama to mesmerizing effect for a new drama called Shining Girls, which has a trailer online.
Based on Lauren Beukes’ best-selling novel, Shining Girls follows Kirby Mazrachi (Moss) as a Chicago newspaper archivist whose journalistic ambitions were put on hold after enduring a traumatic assault.
When Kirby learns that a recent murder mirrors her own case, she partners with seasoned, yet troubled reporter Dan Velazquez (Wagner Moura), to uncover her attacker’s identity. As they realize these cold cases are inextricably linked, their own personal traumas and Kirby’s blurred reality allow her assailant to remain one step ahead.
Hamilton veteran Phillipa Soo is also part of the cast, while Jamie Bell plays the mysterious man who may or may not – as the synopsis suggests, reality blurs here – be responsible for the crimes.
With Silka Luisa running the show and Moss taking on a role as executive producer and director (alongside Michelle MacLaren and Daina Reid), the eight-episode first season is on the way via Apple TV+ on 29 April. And the first episode has debuted to wide praise at the SXSW festival already, so this is one to anticipate.