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Paramount+ Legal Thriller Discretion Begins Production With Kidman and Fanning

The A24-produced series will dramatize how nondisclosure agreements operate inside elite law firms and is positioned for a 2027 global launch on Paramount+.

Overview

  • Production on Discretion officially began this week, with Paramount+ confirming cameras were rolling on Thursday and announcing new series regulars Stephan James and Colton Ryan.
  • Nicole Kidman and Elle Fanning star in the eight-episode series and also serve as executive producers alongside author-writer Chandler Baker and Susannah Grant.
  • Matt Shakman is attached as an executive producer and will direct the first four episodes, with A24 producing the show for Paramount+.
  • The plot centers on Lenny, a summer associate who uncovers a web of nondisclosure agreements at a prestigious Dallas law firm that upends her relationship with a powerful partner.
  • The series is based on Chandler Baker’s short story drawn from her decade in corporate law, filming is planned in Dallas, New York and New Jersey, and Paramount+ targets a 2027 premiere which could revive public focus on real-world NDA practices in BigLaw.