Emilia Clarke to Headline Spy Thriller Series Ponies

Emmy Award-nominated actress Emilia Clarke has been tapped to steer the upcoming espionage thriller Ponies, which Peacock has ordered straight to sequence.

Clarke, who’s finest identified for her function as Daenerys Targaryen in Recreation of Thrones, is about to play Bea within the sequence. 

“Moscow, 1977. Two “PONIES” (“individuals of no curiosity” in intelligence communicate) work anonymously as secretaries within the American Embassy. That’s till their husbands are killed beneath mysterious circumstances within the USSR, and the pair change into CIA operatives,” the sequence description reads. “Bea (Clarke) is an over-educated, Russian-speaking baby of Soviet immigrants. Her cohort, Twila, is a small-town woman who’s as abrasive as she is fearless. Collectively, they work to uncover an unlimited Chilly Conflict conspiracy and resolve the thriller that made them widows within the first place.”

Who’s concerned in Ponies?

Ponies is co-created by Susanna Fogel (The Spy Who Dumped Me) and David Iserson (Mr. Robotic), with the previous serving because the present’s government producer, director, and co-writer. Iserson, however, serves because the co-writer, government producer, and showrunner. 

Along with starring, Clarke will function one of many government producers alongside Jessica Rhoades (Station Eleven), Fogel, and Iserson, with Katherine Bridle and Alison Mo Massey as co-executive producers. Ponies is produced by Common Tv, a division of Common Studio Group.

Clarke, who’s at the moment in manufacturing on the restricted sequence Prison, has some spectacular movie and tv credit beneath her belt. This consists of Spike Island, Dom Hemingway, Terminator Genisys, Me Earlier than You, Voice from the Stone, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Above Suspicion, and Final Christmas. She additionally voiced Malicia within the 2022 animated fantasy comedy, The Wonderful Maurice. 

Most just lately, Clarke portrayed G’iah within the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s restricted sequence Secret Invasion in addition to Rachel Novy within the sci-fi rom-com The Pod Era. 

Different particulars about Ponies, together with stars becoming a member of Clarke, stay beneath wraps.