According to The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Reasons Why breakout star Katherine Langford has signed on to star in the lead role of Cursed, the upcoming Netflix adaptation of the young adult novel from Tom Wheeler and Frank Miller.
Netflix has given the project a 10-episode order, which will be executive produced by creators Miller and Wheeler.
Cursed is based on Miller and Wheeler’s upcoming illustrated YA book of the same name, and follows a key character from the King Arthur story, the Lady of the Lake.
In the reimagining, Cursed is told through the eyes of Nimue (Langford), a teenage heroine with a mysterious gift who is destined to become the powerful (and tragic) Lady of the Lake.