Amid a highly competitive bidding situation, Paramount+ sets a straight-to-series order for legal thriller DISCRETION, adapted from Chandler Baker’s fictional short story, and starring Academy Award® and Emmy® Award winner Nicole Kidman and Emmy® and Golden Globe® nominee Elle Fanning. Kidman and Fanning will also executive produce via their Blossom Films and Lewellen Pictures banners, respectively.
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 Brokovich, Unbelievable). Additional Executive Producers include Per Saari (Blossom Films), Dakota Fanning and Brittany Kahan Ward (Lewellen Pictures), Joe Hipps (CUT TO), and Jordan Cerf (Linden Entertainment).
DISCRETION is a legal thriller about a summer associate, Lenny (Fanning) at a prestigious Dallas law firm who 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) – upending their mentor-protégé dynamic and raising the question: who gets to keep secrets, and at what cost?
Sold in a highly competitive process with multiple straight-to-series offers, DISCRETION marks one of the first original productions under the new leadership of Cindy Holland, Chair of DTC, and Jane Wiseman, Head of Originals, Paramount+. Paramount+. Thousands of episodes, live TV & exclusive originals–all in one place. Get Started!
