Sources understand that the streamer has outbid a number of other companies, including Netflix, for the rights to the series, which is based on Rufi Thorpe's upcoming book.
Elle Fanning (pictured, left) will star as Margo Millet, the child of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler, who has always known she must make it on her own. So she enrolls at her local junior college, even though she can't imagine how she'll ever make a living.
She's still figuring things out and never planned to have an affair with her English professor - and while the affair is short, it's not short enough to keep her from getting pregnant. Despite everyone's advice, she decides to keep the baby, mainly out of naivety and a desire for something greater.
Now, at twenty, Margo is alone with a child, unemployed and on the verge of deportation. She needs money quickly. When her estranged father Jinx shows up on her doorstep and asks if he can move in with her, she agrees in exchange for help with childcare. Then Margo begins to form a plan: she starts an OnlyFans as an experiment and soon discovers that she has to adopt some of Jinx's advice from the wrestling world. Like how to create a compelling character and make your audience fall in love with you. Before she knows it, she has made it a great success. Could this be the answer to all Margo's problems, or does internet fame come at too high a price?
Fanning is known for the Hulu series The Great, in which the actress starred as Catherine the Great opposite Nicholas Hoult. The series came to an end last after three seasons. Fanning also starred in the Hulu limited series The Girl From Plainville.
The actress also appeared in guest roles in House M.D., among others. from Fox, Criminal Minds from CBS and CSI: NY from CBS and in films such as I Am Sam, opposite Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer, Super 8 from J.J. Abrams, The Neon Deon by Nicolas Winding Refn, Maleficent: Mistress of Evil with Angelina Jolie and All the Bright Places, which she also produced for Netflix.
Kelley, who is working with Apple on the upcoming remake of the series Presumed Innocent, will serve as showrunner. The series is produced by producer A24 (Beef, Euphoria), Elle and Dakota Fanning's Lewellen Pictures, David E. Kelley Productions and Nicole Kidman's Blossom Films starring the Fannings, Kelley, Kidman, Thorpe, Matthew Tinker, Checka Propper, Brittany Kahan Ward and Per Saari as executive producers.
The book will be published on Tuesday, June 11 by HarperCollins imprint William Morrow.
