Carl Roberts 
Starring Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning, and Josh Lucas, Paramount+ announces the start of production on the eight-episode thriller series Discretion.
Paramount+ today announced that production is underway on Discretion. The eight-episode legal thriller is adapted from Chandler Baker’s short story. It stars Academy Award and Emmy winner Nicole Kidman, Academy Award and Emmy nominee Elle Fanning, and Josh Lucas.
The series will be executive produced and written by acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Baker and executive produced by Academy Award and Emmy nominee Susannah Grant. Kidman and Fanning also executive produce via their Blossom Films and Lewellen Pictures banners, respectively. Emmy nominee Matt Shakman, who serves as executive producer, will direct the first four episodes. Produced by A24, the series will launch globally on Paramount+ in 2027.
ALSO STARRING AND THE PREMISE
Joining the previously announced cast as series regulars are Golden Globe and Emmy nominee Stephan James (I Play Rocky, If Beale Street Could Talk) and Colton Ryan (The Girl from Plainville). James will play “Logan,” a sharp corporate associate who becomes a mentor to Lenny. Additionally, Ryan will star as “Boone,” Lenny’s (Fanning) ex-boyfriend, a recovering addict from an affluent Dallas family. He is now nine months sober. Currently, he is living at a halfway house and is quietly trying to rebuild his life.
Discretion is a legal thriller about a summer associate, Lenny, at a prestigious Dallas law firm. She uncovers a web of NDAs masking a dark truth. When she realizes she signed the same agreement, her discoveries put her in the crosshairs of the firm’s most powerful female partner, Sharon (Kidman). This upends their mentor-protégé dynamic. In addition, it raises the question: who gets to keep secrets, and at what cost?
BEHIND THE SERIES
The series will be executive produced and written by acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Chandler Baker (Whisper Network, The Husbands) and executive produced by Oscar and Emmy nominee Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich, Unbelievable). Matt Shakman serves as executive producer and will direct the first four episodes. Nicole Kidman and Per Saari (Blossom Films), Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning and Brittany Kahan Ward (Lewellen Pictures), Joe Hipps (CUT TO) and Jordan Cerf (Linden Entertainment) also serve as executive producers. In addition, A24 is involved as an executive producer.
Discretion is currently in production for Paramount+
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