Amy Adams made a pretty successful transition to TV with Sharp Objects, and there’s more where that came from! The six-time Oscar nominee will play the lead role in Graham Moore’s upcoming legal drama The Holdout, which she’ll also executive produce.
This limited series has been compared to The Night Of due to its murder investigation format that focuses on a dual-timeline mystery. Adams will portray a woman who finds herself taking on multiple roles in this murder mystery, as juror, attorney, investigator, and suspect.
Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) wrote the script for The Holdout, drawing inspiration from his own novel. Adams is executive producing the series through Bond Group Entertainment alongside Stacy O’Neil and Kate Clifford, and they’ll be joined by Drew Comins of Creative Engine Entertainment.
The past few years have been pretty slow for Adamas, and many of her projects after Vice in 2018 struggled to find critical acclaim. She went on to star in the psychological thriller The Woman in the Window and musicals Dear Evan Hansen and Disenchanted, and is currently attached to Marielle Heller’s horror comedy Nightb—h.
On the TV side, Adams played her first lead role in HBO’s adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s novel Sharp Objects in 2018 and received an Emmy nomination for her performance.
