The streamer announced Thursday<\/a> that production is underway on \u201cDiscretion,\u201d an eight-episode legal thriller adapted from Dallas-raised author Chandler Baker\u2019s<\/a> short story. The series will launch globally on Paramount+ in 2027.<\/p>\n Kidman and Elle Fanning will star in the series, a reunion from just earlier this year when they appeared together in \u201cMargo\u2019s Got Money Troubles.\u201d<\/p>\n Click to resize<\/p>\n \ud83c\udfac In case you missed it: <\/p>\n Filming on \u201cDiscretion\u201d is slated for Dallas, New York and New Jersey, according to a company insider.<\/p>\n \u201cLenny (Fanning), a summer associate 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\u2019s most powerful female partner Sharon (Kidman) \u2014 upending their mentor-prot\u00e9g\u00e9 dynamic and raising the question: who gets to keep secrets, and at what cost?\u201d the show\u2019s logline reads.<\/p>\n NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 08: Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning attend Apple’s “Margo’s Got Money Troubles” premiere at Regal Union Square on April 08, 2026 in New York City. Michael Loccisano Getty Images <\/p>\n Filming underway on \u2018Discretion\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cYellowstone\u201d actor Josh Lucas<\/a> was cast in \u201cDiscretion\u201d last month as a lawyer and Kidman\u2019s husband.<\/p>\n In Thursday\u2019s announcement, Paramount+ also confirmed that Stephan James and Colton Ryan have joined the show. James will play a corporate associate and mentor to Fanning\u2019s character, while Ryan will play her recovering addict ex-boyfriend.<\/p>\n Matt Shakman, who previously directed \u201cThe Fantastic Four: First Steps,\u201d is directing the first four episodes of \u201cDiscretion.\u201d The show also counts Shakman, Kidman, Fanning and Baker as executive producers.<\/p>\n \u201cDiscretion\u201d season 1, starring Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman, start of production. Courtesy of Paramount+ <\/p>\n \u201cDiscretion\u201d is based on Baker\u2019s time as a corporate lawyer negotiating \u201chundreds of NDAs a year.\u201d<\/p>\n In a Facebook post last year,<\/a> she said she wrote the short story in just two days.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is my dream project with a dream team and dream partners,\u201d Baker wrote on Facebook when the show was announced in October 2025. \u201cAnd thank you to everyone in my corner who didn\u2019t take their eye off the ball on this one for even a second.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDiscretion\u201d will release on Paramount+ in 2027.<\/p>\n
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