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Emma Thompson & Ruth Wilson To Star In Apple TV+ Series ‘Down Cemetery Road’ Based On Book From ‘Slow Horses’ Scribe Mick Herron


Apple TV+'s 'Down Cemetery Road' has set Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson as its leads, with Morwenna Banks as lead writer and exec producer.

Emma Thompson( Good Luck to You, Leo Grande) and Ruth Wilson( Luther) will executive produce and star in Down Cemetery Road, a thriller series for Apple TV+, based on the book from Gold Daggar Award-winning author Mick Herron. Most recently closing a deal to reprise her role as OB/GYN Dr. Rawling in Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Thompson’s over the last few years been seen in films including Matilda: The Musical, Searchlight/Hulu crowd pleaser Good Luck to You, Leo Grande and Cruella. Previously, Banks has exec produced and written Catherine Hardwicke’s dramedy Miss You Already, starring Drew Barrymore and Toni Collette, also serving in those capacities on the Sky Original Funny Woman, and writing on Slow Horses.

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