Elizabeth Banks will play a major supporting role and direct a potential series for Peacock based on Red Queen, the YA fantasy novel by Victoria Aveyard, Deadline reported. Banks and Max Handelman are executive producing through their Brownstone Prods.
Co-written by former Arrow showrunner Beth Schwartz and Aveyard, Red Queen comes from Warner Bros. TV, where Brownstone and Schwartz have overall deals. Schwartz, who will be showrunner on the project, executive produces alongside Aveyard. Brownstone's Dannah Shinder co-executive produces.