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Catherine Zeta-Jones is a killer. The Oscar-winning actress — most recently seen playing Morticia Addams in Netflix's Wednesday — has signed on to lead a new, darkly comedic thriller series for Prime Video called Kill Jackie. The show is based on the novel The Price You Pay from author Nick Harkaway (under his pseudonym Aidan Truhen). Zeta-Jones will also executive produce the series.

According to new reporting from Variety, Kill Jackie (which is currently its working title and may change — but we think they'd be fools to do so) is said to follow Jackie Price, a woman, "who has been living a wealthy, luxurious existence for the last 20 years – traveling the world, selling fine art using sophisticated tax loopholes and, above all, trying to stay anonymous after escaping a dangerous past as an international cocaine dealer."

The plot description continues, adding that:

"But just as life starts to feel a little boring,...

Catherine Zeta-Jones has joined the cast of the revenge thriller ‘Kill Jackie’ which will launch on Prime Video.

Based on the acclaimed novel by Sunday Times best-selling author Nick Harkaway, writing as Aidan Truhen.

Zeta-Jones plays Jackie Price who has been living a luxurious existence for the last twenty years – travelling the world, selling fine art using sophisticated tax loopholes, and, above all, trying to stay anonymous after escaping a dangerous past as an international cocaine dealer. But just as life starts to feel a little boring, it takes a sudden lethal turn when she discovers The Seven Demons, a squad of the world’s most terrifying hitmen, have been hired to kill her. Assuming someone from her past is behind it, Jackie unleashes her old instincts and embarks on a wild, dangerous game plan: to take down The Demons one by one before they kill her. However, she soon...

Catherine Zeta-Jones will star in Kill Jackie (working title), a new revenge thriller series from Prime Video, Fremantle, and Steel Springs Pictures. Based on Nick Harkaway’s novel The Price You Pay, the series begins production in March.

Zeta-Jones will play Jackie Price, a woman who has lived a comfortable life for 20 years—traveling the world, selling fine art, and staying anonymous after escaping her dangerous past as an international drug dealer. But her life takes a deadly turn when she learns that a group of terrifying hitmen, called The Seven Demons, are after her.

She suspects someone from her past is behind it and decides to fight back, taking down each hitman before they can kill her. As she faces these killers, she uncovers dark secrets about herself that lead her to a surprising revelation.

Zeta-Jones, who also serves as an executive producer, expressed her excitement, saying, “I’m...

Catherine Zeta-Jones is set to star in “Kill Jackie” (working title), a new revenge thriller series from Prime Video, Fremantle and Steel Springs Pictures. The show is based on the novel “The Price You Pay,” written by bestselling author Nick Harkaway as his pseudonym Aidan Truhen, and begins production in March.

The Oscar winner will portray Jackie Price, “who has been living a wealthy, luxurious existence for the last 20 years – traveling the world, selling fine art using sophisticated tax loopholes and, above all, trying to stay anonymous after escaping a dangerous past as an international cocaine dealer,” the plot description reads. “But just as life starts to feel a little boring, it takes a sudden lethal turn when she discovers The Seven Demons, a squad of the world’s most terrifying hitmen, have been hired to kill her. Assuming someone from her past is behind it, Jackie unleashes her old...