Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning and Chandler Baker Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images; Cindy Ord/Getty Images; Jenna McElroy Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text Paramount+ has made its first big series pickup under its new leadership, landing a legal thriller called Discretion with Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning set to star and executive produce. The streamer won a bidding war for the project, which comes from A24 and has only been on the market for a few weeks, with a straight-to-series order. The pickup is the first major green light for new Paramount streaming boss Cindy Holland, the former Netflix executive who joined the company after the Skydance merger closed, and Paramount+ head of originals Jane Wiseman. Related Stories Movies 'Smashing Machine' Subject Mark Kerr on "Gut-Wrenching" Ending and Cussing About Dwayne Johnson's Prosthetics TV Taylor Sheridan's 'Lioness' Officially Renewed for Season 3 After Long Wait Discretion is based on a short story by best-selling author Chandler Baker, who will also write the adaptation. The logline reads, "A summer associate, Lenny (Fanning), at a prestigious Dallas law firm uncovers a web of NDAs masking a dark truth. When she realizes she signed the same agreement, her discoveries put her in the crosshairs of the firm's most powerful female partner, Sharon (Kidman) - upending their mentor-protégé dynamic and raising the question: Who gets to keep secrets, and at what cost?" The eight-episode season is set to begin production next year. Baker and Susannah Grant (Unbelievable, Erin Brockovich) are executive producing Discretion with Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning and Brittany Kahan Ward of Lewellen Pictures; Kidman and Per Saari for Blossom Films; Jordan Cerf; and Joe Hipps, via his A24-based Cut to company. The show is a reunion for Kidman, Fanning and A24, who are also behind the upcoming Apple TV+ series Margo's Got Money Troubles. It's also something of a full-circle moment for Holland and Hipps, who was an executive at MRC when it sold House of Cards to Netflix to kickstart that company's original series slate. Deadline first reported the news. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up Live Feed 'Ballard' Renewed for Season 2 as Prime Video Keeps 'Bosch'-Verse Rolling noads 'Monday Night Football' Livestream: When and Where to Watch Kansas City Chiefs vs. Jacksonville Jaguars Online for Free Murder Most Unladylike 'Murder Most Unladylike' Books to Be Adapted for TV Live Feed Charlie Hunnam and 'Monster' Cast Address 'Ed Gein' Criticism and the Dark Appeal of True Crime Chicago Med How the 'Chicago Med' Premiere Set the Tone for a Dynamic Season 11 Live Feed 'Gilmore Girls' Turns 25: Cast and Creator Spill Casting Secrets, Talk Show's Popularity and Hopes for a Movie Live Feed 'Ballard' Renewed for Season 2 as Prime Video Keeps 'Bosch'-Verse Rolling noads 'Monday Night Football' Livestream: When and Where to Watch Kansas City Chiefs vs. Jacksonville Jaguars Online for Free Murder Most Unladylike 'Murder Most Unladylike' Books to Be Adapted for TV Live Feed Charlie Hunnam and 'Monster' Cast Address 'Ed Gein' Criticism and the Dark Appeal of True Crime Chicago Med How the 'Chicago Med' Premiere Set the Tone for a Dynamic Season 11 Live Feed 'Gilmore Girls' Turns 25: Cast and Creator Spill Casting Secrets, Talk Show's Popularity and Hopes for a Movie