A four-part limited series based on JP Delaney’s psychological thriller novel The Girl Before (pick up a copy HERE) is coming to the HBO Max streaming service in the US, and will be airing on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK. Below we have a batch of first-look images from the show that feature actors Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Loki), David Oyelowo (Selma), and Jessica Plummer (Eastenders) in character (via Black Film).
Delaney wrote the adaptation of The Girl Before with Marissa Lestrade, who has written episodes of Casualty and Deep State. The series is directed by Lisa Brühlmann, whose previous credits include episodes of Killing Eve, Castle Rock, and Servant. The story centers on
Jane (Mbatha-Raw), who gets the chance to move into a beautiful, ultra-minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect (Oyelowo). There’s just one catch: the occupants must abide by his list of exacting rules. Jane starts to feel the house changing her in unexpected ways, but when she makes the shocking discovery about her predecessor, Emma (Plummer), she’s forced to confront unnerving similarities. As the two women’s timelines interweave, Jane begins to question if her fate will be the same as the girl before…
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A 42 production, The Girl Before is executive produced by Delaney, Brühlmann, 42’s Eleanor Moran, Rory Aitken, and Ben Pugh, and the BBC’s Ben Irving. Rhonda Smith earns a producer credit, while Mbatha-Raw is an associate producer.
Mbatha-Raw, Oyelowo, and Plummer are joined in the cast by Ben Hardy (X-Men: Apocalypse).
Published by Ballantine in the US and by Quercus in the UK, The Girl Before has sold over one million copies since it was first published in 2016. I haven’t read the novel, but the synopsis for the limited series adaptation sounds intriguing.
A premiere date for the show has not yet been announced.
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