Showtime has ordered survival-horror drama “Yellowjackets” to series, the channel said Thursday.
Melanie Lynskey stars on the series, which comes from Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson (“Narcos”). Jonathan Lisco (“Halt and Catch Fire”) has joined as Lyle and Nickerson’s co-showrunner.
Along with Lynskey, “Yellowjackets” stars Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci and Tawny Cypress. Other cast members include Ella Purnell (“Sweetbitter”), Sammi Hanratty (“Shameless”), Sophie Thatcher (“Prospect”), Sophie Nélisse (“The Book Thief”), Steven Krueger (“The Originals”) and Jasmin Savoy Brown (“The Leftovers”).
Per Showtime, “Equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama, ‘Yellowjackets’ is the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later,...
Melanie Lynskey stars on the series, which comes from Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson (“Narcos”). Jonathan Lisco (“Halt and Catch Fire”) has joined as Lyle and Nickerson’s co-showrunner.
Along with Lynskey, “Yellowjackets” stars Juliette Lewis, Christina Ricci and Tawny Cypress. Other cast members include Ella Purnell (“Sweetbitter”), Sammi Hanratty (“Shameless”), Sophie Thatcher (“Prospect”), Sophie Nélisse (“The Book Thief”), Steven Krueger (“The Originals”) and Jasmin Savoy Brown (“The Leftovers”).
Per Showtime, “Equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama, ‘Yellowjackets’ is the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later,...
- 12/17/2020
- by Jennifer Maas
- The Wrap
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