The OA creators Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij have collaborated as soon as once more, this time on a brand new homicide thriller present for FX, titled Retreat.

As with most of the duo’s co-writing and directorial initiatives, Marling may even act within the sequence, which sees a younger sleuth named Darby Hart try to unravel a weird dying at a billionaire’s personal getaway (per Deadline).

FX Networks chairman John Landgraf went into extra element about Retreat, saying: “We completely beloved what Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij got here to us with, which is [a] radical reconceptualization of whodunit with a very, actually unique set of characters, notably a very sturdy and unique younger lady on the centre of the story whose again story and present-day story kind a powerful emotional core.

“There clearly is a thriller unfold too. It’s a particular and distinctive present that isn’t that straightforward to provide.”

Marling and Batmanglij have been writing companions for over a decade, together with The Sound Of My Voice and The East, each additionally directed by Batmanglij and starring Marling.

Regardless of two years having now handed since their much-loved series The OA was cancelled by Netflix, Marling additionally took to Instagram on Friday (August 13) to reassure followers that they might full the story – at all times supposed to be instructed in 5 components throughout 5 seasons – a technique or one other.

“For all of the true blue OA followers — we love you, we see you. And we promise that a technique or one other we’ll discover a technique to hold telling that story,” Marling wrote, signing off with “YCFM” – brief for “you come discover me,” the final phrases of Marling’s dimension-hopping protagonist within the present’s season 2 finale.

Jason Isaacs, who performed the present’s good however merciless scientist HAP, instructed Collider in 2019 that the pair had it “all mapped out,” to the extent that sure scenes from season 2 had been truly a part of season 5’s story arc.

“I knew precisely the place the third season was going to go, and it’s totally good,” he defined. “After they instructed me the top of season two, I went, ‘Wait, guys, are you truly positive? That sounds nuts to me. What are you able to presumably do afterwards?’ So, they sat me down and instructed me, and quarter-hour later, my jaw was hanging open.”

Each seasons of The OA are nonetheless at the moment streaming on Netflix.

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