Taking forward their ongoing creative partnership with Harlan Coben Netflix has today announced his next ‘Fool Me Once’. The limited thriller series created by Coben has already begun filming in UK and is his fourth Netflix series following ‘Safe’, ‘The Stranger’ and ‘Stay Close’.
Netflix also unveiled the cast for ‘Fool Me Once’ that includes Michelle Keegan (‘Brassic’, ‘Our Girl’), BAFTA award-winner Adeel Akhtar (‘Sweet Tooth’, ‘Ali & Ava’), Richard Armitage (‘Stay Close’, ‘The Stranger’), BAFTA award-winner Joanna Lumley (‘Absolutely Fabulous’, ‘Finding Alice’), Emmett J.Scanlan (‘Kin’, ‘Peaky Blinders’) and Dino Fetscher (‘Years and Years’, ‘Foundation’).
‘Fool Me Once’ Maya Stern (Michelle Keegan) who is trying to come to terms with the brutal murder of her husband, Joe (Richard Armitage). But when Maya installs a nanny-cam to keep an eye on her young daughter, she is shocked to see a man she recognises in her house. Her husband, who she thought was dead.
Detective Sergeant Sami Kierce (Adeel Akhtar) leads the homicide investigation into Joe’s death while grappling with secrets of his own. Meanwhile, Maya’s niece and nephew, Abby and Daniel, are trying to find the truth about their mother’s murder, several months earlier. Are the two cases connected? Fool Me Once follows these characters on a thrilling hunt for the truth that will reveal shocking secrets and change their lives forever. Joanna Lumley is Judith Burkett, Joe’s protective mother.
Directed by David Moore (‘Outlander’, ‘The Last Kingdom’) and Nimer Rashed, ‘Fool Me Once’ is written by a team of writers led by Danny Brocklehurst (‘Brassic’, ‘Come Home’). Other writers for the show include Charlotte Coben, Yemi Oyefuwa, Nina Metivier and Tom Farrelly.
‘Fool Me Once’ will have eight one hour episodes and is produced by Jessica Taylor. The executive producers for the series are Harlan Coben, Danny Brocklehurst, Nicola Shindler and Richard Fee. Quay Street Productions is the production company behind ‘Fool Me Once’ that will premiere soon only on Netflix.