Tessa Thompson is set to star in a Netflix limited series adaptation of Alice Feeney’s His & Hers, Variety reports.
Feeney’s thriller novel, published in 2020 by Flatiron, follows a woman whose murder is investigated by Anna Andrews, a BBC journalist, and Jack Harper, a police detective. A critic for Kirkus noted of the book, “There is precious little that can be revealed about the plot of Feeney’s third novel without spoilers,” and praised the novel’s “taut suspense plot, many gleeful twists and turns, and suspects galore.”
The adaptation of the novel will move the setting from the U.K. to Atlanta. Thompson, known for her roles in the films Dear White People, Selma, and Sorry To Bother You, will also serve as an executive producer, alongside actor Jessica Chastain and William Oldroyd (Eileen), who will direct the first episode of the series.
Two of Feeney’s previous novels have been optioned for the screen before. In 2019, Deadline reported that a series based on Feeney’s debut novel, Sometimes I Lie, was being developed by Sarah Michelle Gellar, and in 2021, Variety reported that the author’s Rock Paper Scissors would become a Netflix series. Neither of those projects has yet made it to the screen.
Feeney reacted to the news of the His & Hers series on Instagram, writing, “My little book has been on a big journey since I wrote it in my shed five years ago. I’m so grateful to all the brilliant and talented people who made this dream come true. I feel incredibly lucky that so many wonderful people are involved in making this show, and I can’t wait to see Anna Andrews and Jack Harper come to life on screen.”
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
