Diane Kruger and Jo Joyner have been cast in the upcoming adaptation of Sarah Vaughan’s ‘Little Disasters’ for Paramount+.
Diane Kruger and Jo Joyner have been cast in the upcoming adaptation of Sarah Vaughan’s ‘Little Disasters’ for Paramount+.
Coma, Big Boys and People Just Do Nothing producers Roughcut Television are making ‘Little Disasters’ in association with Fremantle, which has international distribution rights outside the UK and Ireland, where Paramount+ has them.
Cast joining Kruger and Joyner include Shelley Conn, Emily Taaffe, JJ Feild, Ben Bailey Smith and Stephen Campbell Moore. Ruth Fowler and Amanda Duke adapted the series which Eva Sigurdardottir will direct, and Sarah Vaughan is attached as executive producer alongside Roughcut’s Ash Atalla, Alex Smith and Marianna Abbotts.
When Jess (Kruger) takes her baby daughter to hospital with a head injury she can’t explain, close friend and on-duty A&E doctor Liz (Joyner) is forced to make the excruciating decision as to whether to call social services on her friend. The decision sets of a chain of events that show how a moment can fracture and nearly destroy families and friendships.
“We are big fans of Sarah Vaughan’s novel and thrilled to be working on this adaptation with Roughcut Television,” said Paul Testar, who commissioned the show for Paramount+ UK & Ireland. “Diane, Jo, Shelley and Emily embody our four mothers seamlessly and we can’t wait to see what each of them bring to the series.”