Dominic West and Sienna Miller are set to lead a new legal thriller from George Kay, creator of Hijack and Lupin.
In War, West stars as tech titan Morgan Henderson and Miller as his estranged wife, international film star Carla Duval. Set in the elite world of London law, the series has been greenlit with a two-season commitment from Sky and HBO, “following a deal brokered by Sky,” the companies said. The show debuts with a “scandalous divorce case that sends shockwaves through boardrooms, bedrooms, and courtrooms alike.”
Kay is an Emmy and BAFTA-winning writer and showrunner. Ben Taylor (Sex Education, Catastrophe) is set to direct War, co-produced by New Pictures (Catherine the Great, The Long Shadow) and Kay’s Observatory Pictures, in association with Sky and HBO.
Also joining the cast are Phoebe Fox (The Great, Task) as Serena Byrne and James McArdle (Playing Nice, Mare of Easttown) as Nicholas Taylor, partners in life and business at firm Taylor & Byrne.
Nina Sosanya (Screw, Baby Reindeer) plays “Her Majesty” Beatrice “Queen Bea” Ubosi, and Pip Torrens (Succession, The Crown) will play St John Smallwood, their counterparts and fierce rivals at Cathcarts. Archie Renaux (Alien: Romulus, Upgraded) is ambitious lawyer Jonathan “Johnny” Warren.
“I am excited to be working with Sky and HBO — two homes for bold, ambitious storytelling — and our brilliant production team,” said Kay. “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.”
Executive producer and CEO of New Pictures Willow Grylls added: “George Kay has created an incredibly compelling cast of characters who will have audiences rooting for them, despite the underhand tactics, dirty tricks and win at all cost mentality they bring to battle against each other in — and out — of court. We are incredibly pleased to be trusted by Sky and HBO with a two series order to bring their stories to viewers around the world.”
War is co-produced by New Pictures (an All3Media company) and Observatory Pictures, in association with Sky and HBO. The series is created, written and executive produced by Kay, alongside executive producer Willow Grylls (Des, The Missing) and BAFTA Award-nominated executive producer Matt Sandford (The Long Shadow) for New Pictures, Ben Taylor (Sex Education, Catastrophe), Susan Breen (The Woman in the Wall, Bad Sisters), Andrea Dewsbury, and Megan Spanjian for Sky.
War will air on Sky and streaming services NOW/WOW in the U.K., Ireland, Italy, Germany, Switzerland and Austria, and on HBO and HBO Max in the U.S., and stream on HBO Max in Australia. International sales of the series will be handled by NBCUniversal Global TV Distribution.