Anya continues the Canadian trend

The trend is Canadian authors and their books being adapted into successful streaming series. It hasn’t even been a year and already there are three high-profile shows that have taken up a lot of cultural space. Of course the loudest among them is Heated Rivalry, which premiered last November on Crave and then HBO in the US, based on Rachel Reid’s books. Filming for season two starts very soon. Then this summer it was Elle Kennedy’s Off Campus on Prime, with production already underway on season two. Also on Prime, Carley Fortune’s Every Year After, renewed recently for season two.

All of those shows are heavy on the romance… and it’s amazing that Canadian writers are so prominent in this genre. But that’s not the only genre where Canadian storytellers are making an impact. Marisa Stapley’s crime thriller, Lucky, has been adapted into a seven-episode limited series premiering on Apple TV next week, starring Anya Taylor-Joy in the title role.

I’ve read Lucky, it sets up well for a streaming series. She’s a con artist on the run after a heist – it’s twisty and tense, dark in parts, and this is a great cast that includes Timothy Olyphant, wearing the sh-t out of a white tee and jeans in the trailer; William Fichtner, always underrated Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, also underrated; Annette Bening, the legend, mother, and c-nt; and Drew Starkey, who’s been dragged into the Margaret Qualley and Jack Antonoff breakup lately but who might be getting another bump from this show because his character is Lucky’s romantic interest, a classic Boy Who is Bad For You but also irresistible since otherwise why would someone with Lucky’s instincts have a thing for him? Drew Starkey is That Guy, sexyyyy AF. He will be a problem. This photo of him in Paris a couple of weeks ago is already a problem for me.

Here’s Anya in a couple of different looks promoting Lucky in London this week.