All around her women bob their hair, they smoke, they go to speakeasies. Gone are the Victorian standards of what is acceptable.
This is a new era for women, and New York is a confusing place for Rose.
It is 1923, and while she may hear every detail about shootings, knifings, and murders, as soon as she leaves the interrogation room she is once again the weaker sex, best suited for filing and making coffee. A typist in a New York City Police Department precinct, Rose is like a high priestess. With a few strokes of the keys that sit before her, she can send a person away for life in prison. Ripley "and "The Great Gatsby" comes one of the most memorable unreliable narrators in years. She also executive produced Empire for its entire run on Fox and served as showrunner for the first 3.5 seasons.A free preview of "The Other Typist" by Suzanne Rindell For fans of "The Talented Mr. The L Word creator Chaiken is an executive producer on the reboot series, The L Word: Generation Q, which has been renewed for a second season at Showtime, as well as on Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale. Most recently seen in Misbehaviour, which was released at the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, Knightley is repped by United Agents, CAA, Narrative and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern. She is known for her roles in the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, Love Actually as well as Pride & Prejudice and The Imitation Game, which earned her Oscar nominations. This would mark the biggest TV commitment to date for Knightley who, with the exception of the 2011 Neverland miniseries, has been focused entirely on features since bursting into the scene with the 2002 hit Bend It Like Beckham. She is repped by CAA and Emily Forland at Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents, Inc. At Hulu, Searchlight TV and 20th TV also are collaborating on The Dropout, limited series starring Kate McKinnon.ĭrawing comparisons to The Great Gatsby, The Other Typist was published in 2013 and was Rindell’s debut novel.
Knightley originally brought the book to Searchlight whose TV division co-produces with sibling 20th TV where Chaiken is under an overall deal. In it, Rose, a prim, unworldly police department typist gets drawn into the shady world of her glamorous new co-worker, Odalie ( Knightley) but when the ultimate crime is committed, it’s uncertain which of the two women was the more treacherous.Ĭhaiken, who will write the pilot script and serve as showrunner, executive produces with Knightley, Rindell and 3 Arts’ Oly Obst. Set in New York City at the height of the Prohibition era, The Other Typist is a psycho-sexual suspense thriller that turns on themes of identity, class, obsession and misplaced (or misunderstood) desire.
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