Amy Adams To Star In & EP ‘The Holdout’; Graham Moore’s Series From Drew Comins & Fifth Season Sparks Pre-Holiday Bidding

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EXCLUSIVE: In a rare foray into TV, six-time Oscar nominee Amy Adams is attached to headline and executive produce The Holdout, a legal thriller drama written by Oscar winner Graham Moore (The Imitation Game) based on his novel of the same name. The limited series project, from Adams’ Bond Group Entertainment, Yellowjackets executive producer Drew Comins’ Creative Engine Entertainment and Fifth Season, recently hit the marketplace and has attracted multiple offers, Deadline has learned.

A legal drama–meets–murder investigation in the vein of The Night Of with a dual-timeline mystery, The Holdout is set in Los Angeles and follows a woman (Adams) who finds herself playing multiple roles – juror, attorney, investigator, and suspect.

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Ten years after Maya Seale turns the tide in a hugely controversial verdict, a fellow juror is found dead in her hotel room, all evidence points to her. Now, she must prove her own innocence – by getting to the bottom of a case that is far from closed. As the present-day murder investigation weaves together with the story of what really happened during their deliberation, told by each of the jurors in turn, the secrets they have all been keeping threaten to come out – with drastic consequences for all involved.

Adams, Stacy O’Neil, and Kate Clifford executive produce through Bond Group Entertainment, alongside Comins through his Creative Engine Entertainment. Fifth Season is the studio.

Amid anxiety following the double Hollywood strikes, many have opted to hold off on shopping new projects until the new year. For a handful of high-profile pitches, including The Holdout, the decision to go out ahead of the expected deluge has paid off as major buyers have been receptive, leading to competitive bidding situations.

Adams headlined and executive produced the HBO limited series Sharp Objects. It earned her two Emmy nominations in 2019, for Outstanding Limited Series and Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.

In features, Adams, whose most recent Oscar nomination was in 2019 for Vice, starred in and produced the Enchanted sequel Disenchanted. She next stars in Nightbitch for Searchlight, which she also produced through Bond Group Entertainment. The company is currently in development on limited series Kings of America for Netflix as well as Willa of the Wood, Finding the Mother Tree, and Outlawed. Adams and Bond Group Entertainment are repped by Linden Entertainment, WME and Sloane, Offer, Weber, and Dern.

Moore’s The Imitation Game script topped the 2011 Black List with its movie adaptation earning him the 2014 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. Last year, Moore made his feature directorial debut with psychological crime drama thriller The Outfit, which he also co-wrote. He is repped by CAA and Felker Toczek Suddleson.

Comins executive produces Showtime’s Yellowjackets, which is working on its third season. The series’ second season has three Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series, and this morning, it also landed a Golden Globe nom for Christina Ricci.

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