Normal People’s Daisy Edgar-Jones and Andrew Garfield are set to star in a new series about the Latter Day Saint (LDS) movement.
The drama, titled Under the Banner of Heaven, is in production at FX and Hulu and based on Jon Krakauer’s non-fiction bestseller of the same name.
It tells the story of a detective who finds his faith tested while investigating a murder that has deep ties to LDS fundamentalism.
Actor Andrew stars as Mormon Pyre, who struggles with his faith after growing close to the investigation, while Daisy will play a Mormon member of a Utah family who was murdered.
Dustin Lance Black has created the series, after originally attempting to turn the novel into a film with Warner Bros a decade ago. It will be directed by Hell or High Water’s David Mackenzie.
Gina Balian of FX said in a statement: ‘Dustin Lance Black is a gifted storyteller and the perfect artist to adapt Jon Krakauer’s gripping novel for FX.’
She added: ‘Lance joins an incredible creative team led by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard at Imagine Television who have been passionate about telling this story with him for years.
‘We are thrilled that David Mackenzie has come aboard as a director and to have Andrew Garfield and Daisy Edgar-Jones star in Under the Banner of Heaven.’
Show creator Dustin said: ‘After so many years of work, I’m incredibly grateful to Imagine and FX for their patience with and commitment to bringing this story to screen.’
A release date for Under the Banner of Heaven has yet to be announced.
It’s been a big year for Daisy, after she earned her first very well-deserved Golden Globes nomination for Normal People – while her co-star Paul Mescal was snubbed.
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