Natalie Portman to Star in New Series on Apple TV+

<p>Apple TV&plus; has unveiled a first look at &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Lady in the Lake&comma;” the upcoming&comma; seven-part limited series starring Natalie Portman&comma; who also serves as executive producer&comma; and Moses Ingram&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Lady in the Lake” will make its global debut on Apple TV&plus; with the first two episodes on Friday&comma; July 19&comma; 2024&comma; followed by new episodes every Friday through August 23&comma; 2024&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Apple Original drama is based on the 2019 novel by New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When the disappearance of a young girl grips the city of Baltimore on Thanksgiving 1966&comma; the lives of two women converge on a fatal collision course&period; Maddie Schwartz &lpar;Portman&rpar; is a Jewish housewife seeking to shed a secret past and reinvent herself as an investigative journalist&comma; and Cleo Sherwood &lpar;Ingram&rpar; is a mother navigating the political underbelly of Black Baltimore while struggling to provide for her family&period; Their disparate lives seem parallel at first&comma; but when Maddie becomes fixated on Cleo’s mystifying death&comma; a chasm opens that puts everyone around them in danger&period; From visionary director Alma Har’el&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Lady in the Lake” emerges as a feverish noir thriller and an unexpected tale of the price women pay for their dreams&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Starring alongside Portman and Ingram in the series are Y’lan Noel&comma; Brett Gelman&comma; Byron Bowers&comma; Noah Jupe&comma; Josiah Cross&comma; Mikey Madison and Pruitt Taylor Vince&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Hailing from FIFTH SEASON&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Lady in the Lake” is produced by Crazyrose and Bad Wolf America&comma; and is created&comma; executive produced&comma; written and directed by Har’el alongside producing partner Christopher Leggett&period; In addition to starring&comma; Portman serves as executive producer alongside producing partner Sophie Mas&period; Nathan Ross and the late Jean-Marc Vallée serve as executive producers for Crazyrose&comma; and Julie Gardner executive produces for Bad Wolf America&period; Layne Eskridge&comma; Amy Kaufman&comma; Boaz Yakin and author Lippmann also executive produce&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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