Sky has acquired the UK broadcaster rights for Rian Johnson’s (‘Knives Out’, ‘The Last Jedi’) critically-acclaimed series ‘Poker Face‘, starring Natasha Lyonne (‘Orange Is the New Black’, ‘Russian Doll’) setting a May premiere date on Sky Max & NOW.
Created, written, directed and executive produced by multiple Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Rian Johnson, writer/director/producer of the hit ‘Knives Out’ movies, ‘Poker Face’ is a 10-episode mystery-of-the-week series following Natasha Lyonne (who also writes and directs for the series). as Charlie Cale, who has an extraordinary ability to determine when someone is lying. She hits the road with her Plymouth Barracuda and with every stop encounters a new cast of characters and strange crimes she can’t help but solve.
The whodunnit series features a roster of guest stars including Adrien Brody, Charles Melton, Chloë Sevigny, Cherry Jones, Danielle MacDonald, Dascha Polanco, Ellen Barkin, Hong Chau, Jameela Jamil, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judith Light, Lil Rel Howery, Niall Cunningham, Rowan Blanchard, Stephanie Hsu, Simon Helberg, Colton Ryan, S. Epatha Merkerson, Luis Guzman, John Ratzenberger, Nick Nolte, Tim Meadows, among others.
Nora and Lilla Zuckerman (‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’, ‘Suits’) serve as showrunners and executive producers. Other executive producers include Ram Bergman, Natasha Lyonne, Nena Rodrigue and Iain B. MacDonald, alongside Maya Rudolph and Danielle Renfrew Behrens as co-executive producers. The series is produced by T-Street, MRC Television and Animal Pictures and is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.
‘Poker Face‘ premieres on Friday, 26 May 2023 at 9pm on Sky Max, with all episodes available via Sky On Demand and streaming service NOW.
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