Tatiana Maslany to Star in 6-Episode All-Girls Boarding School Thriller, Marking Return to AMC
Orphan Black vet Tatiana Maslany is returning to the AMC fold with a starring role in Invitation to a Bonfire, a psychological thriller set in the 1930s at an all-girls boarding school.
The six-episode series, based on the novel by Adrienne Celt, follows Zoya (Industry‘s Freya Mavor), a young Russian immigrant and groundskeeper who is drawn into a lethal love triangle with the school’s newest faculty member Leo (Game of Thrones‘ Pilou Asbæk) — an enigmatic novelist — and his bewitching wife Vera (Maslany).
Inspired by Vera Nabokov, Maslany’s character “is more than Leo’s wife,” per AMC. “She is his editor. And his everything.”
“Tatiana is a singular talent who we’ve wanted to bring back to the AMC Networks family since her iconic and career-defining performance in Orphan Black,” enthused Dan McDermott in a statement. “We’re thrilled to have her join Invitation to a Bonfire’s talented cast.”
Maslany, next seen in Disney+’s She Hulk (bowing Aug. 18), will also serve as an EP alongside showrunner Rachel Caris Love.
Invitation to a Bonfire is slated to debut in 2023.
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I look forward to seeing anything that Tatiana Maslany is in. She excelled on Orphan Black. She was so good that the first time I saw Helena on the show, I watched the end credits so I could see who played Helena. And yes it did come back to me that Ms. Maslany played all the parts. You always knew what character she was from her voice and mannerisms etc.
Yes I’m very excited to seeing Tatiana’s new show.
what AMC show was she on? pretty sure orphan black was BBC America.
BBCA partly owned by AMC Networks
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