There has been an update regarding Netflix’s new jungle drama series, Feral. Netflix has managed to get three actors to join the project, those actors are Michelle Dockery (Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Flight Risk), Genevieve O’Reilly (My Brilliant Career, Andor), and Quintessa Swindell (One Night Only, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma).
For those who don’t know, Feral is a series based on Shirley Conran’s (Lace, Crimson) 1987 best selling book series, Savages. According to Variety, here is the official logline for the series: “Four very different women accompany their mining executive husbands on a corporate holiday to a beautiful but lethal tropical island. When the men’s shady deals land them all in danger, the women must learn to survive the jungle – and each other. Can they put aside their differences, self-doubts and vanities to stay alive?” The series will be adapted by Jude Mack (Ted Lasso, The Capture) and will be directed by Emma Freeman (Two Years Later, The Family Next Door).
According to Deadline, Dockery will play Julia, O’Reilly will play Silvana, and Swindell will play Suzy. Production for the series will begin in Australia this year. Mack issues this statement, regarding how excited she is to be apart of this project: “It’s a complete dream to be carrying Shirley Conran’s torch alongside Hera and Netflix. I can’t wait for people to meet these funny, brutal, bold women. I’m obsessed with them and hope audiences will be too.”
According to Deadline, Dockery is best known for her Golden Globe and four time Emmy nominees she is shows such as Defending Jacob, Godless, and Anatomy of a Scandal. O’Reilly is best known for role in Disney+’s Andor and starred in Netflix’s My Brilliant Career. Swindell has been seen appearing in films such as One Night Only, Black Adam, and Teenage Sex and Death Camp Miasma.
We will have to keep our eyes peeled for an official trailer for this new series.