Todd Haynes to Reunite With Kate Winslet as Writer-Director of HBO’s ‘Trust’ Limited Series (EXCLUSIVE)
Todd Haynes has been set as writer and director of “Trust,” a limited series starring Kate Winslet that is currently in development at HBO. Jon Raymond will co-write the project, and both serve as executive producers.
The official logline reads, “In a story told from multiple, competing perspectives, a 1920s Wall Street tycoon amasses a sudden fortune but loses a beloved wife. Decades later, his attempts to control the narrative of his life are undone by a biographer who uncovers the ultimate secrets of the legendary marriage.
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The series is based on the novel of the same name by Hernan Diaz, which in 2023 won a Pulitzer Prize. Diaz and Winslet both executive produce alongside Haynes and Raymond, as do Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler for Killer Films.
Haynes is best known for directing films including “Safe” (1995) and “Velvet Goldmine” (1998), also writing both, as well as “Carol” (2015). Most recently, he wrote and directed “May December” (2023). Haynes and Raymond previously worked with Winslet on HBO’s “Mildred Pierce,” the 2011 miniseries based on James M. Cain’s 1941 novel.
“Trust” marks Winslet’s third time executive producing an HBO project, following “Mare of Easttown” in 2021 and “The Regime,” which aired earlier this year.
In her Variety cover story about “The Regime,” Winslet said, “Sometimes when you’re an actor, you quietly sit there and think, ‘Am I the only one who thinks this doesn’t make sense?’ So it’s lovely to be a producer. I’m able to hold up that hand for everybody. To be No. 1 on a call sheet, you have to earn that place.”
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