EXCLUSIVE: Will Poulter and Odessa Young are set to join Adam Driver and Regina Hall in Netflix‘s upcoming hostage thriller series Rabbit, Rabbit, from creator-showrunner Peter Craig, director Philip Barantini and MRC.
The series follows escaped convict J-Will (Driver), who after being cornered by law enforcement at a truck stop takes hostages in an effort to bargain for his freedom. But the standoff soon escalates into an unmanageable social experiment with his captives, as well as an emotional poker match with a veteran FBI Crisis Negotiator (Hall) trained in “tactical empathy.”
Young will play Driver’s love interest.
Driver executive produces alongside Craig and Adolescence‘s Philip Barantini, who is set to direct the series. Also executive producing are Samantha Beddoe for her and Barantini’s It’s All Made Up Productions and Bryan Unkeless for his and Craig’s Night Owl Stories banner. The series stems from the first-look deal MRC has with Craig and Night Owl Stories.
Young was most recently seen starring opposite Jeremy Allen White in Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere. She also starred opposite Jacob Elordi in the series The Narrow Road To The Deep North.
Poulter was most recently reprising his role on the Emmy-winning series The Bear. On the film side he was seen in the A24 war pic Warfare. Next up he has Boots Riley’s next film We Love Boosters.
Young is repped by CAA, Echo Lake Entertainment and Shanahan Management. Poulter is repped by WME and Hamilton Hodell.