DUBAI: Lebanese filmmaker Mounia Akl is to direct British actress Kate Winslet in “The Unheard,” a five-episode limited series for Netflix written by British writer Jack Thorne, the Emmy-winning creator of “Adolescence.”
Winslet stars alongside British actress Maxine Peake as sisters who flee when a revenge plot they have planned collapses.
Pursued by the authorities, the pair confront the secrets that drove them to violence. Trade reports have likened the premise to British director Ridley Scott’s “Thelma & Louise.” Filming is due to begin in 2027, and Netflix has not announced a release date.
The series marks Winslet’s first drama series for Netflix. She won an Emmy for HBO’s “Mare of Easttown” in 2021 and an earlier Emmy for “Mildred Pierce.”
“The Unheard” is produced by Warp Films, US actor Brad Pitt’s Plan B and British actor Stephen Graham’s Matriarch Productions.
