Dominic West & Sienna Miller To Star In Legal Thriller ‘War’ For HBO from George Kay

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Source: Deadline

The creator of Apple’s Hijack is back with a new thriller starring Dominic West and Sienna Miller.

George Kay has penned War, a legal series for HBO and Sky, which have handed the show a two-season order.

The Crown’s West plays tech titan Morgan Henderson and Anatomy of a Scandal’s Miller stars as his estranged wife, international film star Carla Duval in the series, which is set in the elite world of London law and kicks off with a “scandalous divorce case that sends shockwaves through boardrooms, bedrooms, and courtrooms alike”.

It is the latest co-production between the Warner Bros. Discovery-owned cable network and the Comcast-owned British pay-TV broadcaster following series such as Chernobyl, The Young Pope, The Baby and Landscapers.

Deadline understands that War was developed by Sky and greenlit last summer before taking it to HBO, which recently came on board.

It reunites West and Miller, who previously starred together in a British stage adaptation of As You Like It in 2005 and have also appeared together in Burberry campaigns.

War follows two of London’s most prestigious rival firms – Cathcarts and Taylor & Byrne – as they go head-to-head in the divorce case of the century. Each side is certain they’ll win. But as the case spirals and loyalties fracture, reputations are on the line, and everyone’s playing to win.

It is an anthology series with a new case each season.

Season one also stars Phoebe Fox, James McArdle, Nina Sosanya, Pip Torrens and Archie Renaux.

Kay is the man behind the Idris Elba-fronted plane thriller Hijack for Apple as well as Netflix’s French series Lupin and Criminal. He will serve as showrunner with Ben Taylor (Catastrophe) as director. The series is produced by All3Media-owned British producer New Pictures, which was behind 2019 HBO/Sky co-pro Catherine The Great, and Kay’s Observatory Pictures.

Exec producers include Kay, Taylor, Willow Grylls, Matt Sandford, Susan Breen, Andrea Dewsbury and Megan Spanjian.

It will air on HBO and HBO Max in the U.S. and stream on HBO Max in Australia, while Sky will air it in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution has international sales rights.

“I am excited to be working with Sky and HBO – two homes for bold, ambitious storytelling – and our brilliant production team. War is a legal drama full of double crossing, scandal, twists and betrayal. The kind of TV show that made me want to write TV shows,” said Kay