Josh Lucas Cast in Paramount+ Legal Drama 'Discretion'
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- Josh Lucas will play Greg, a lawyer and husband of Nicole Kidman's powerful corporate law partner, in Paramount+'s eight-episode legal thriller 'Discretion' from A24.
- Elle Fanning stars as Lenny, a summer associate who discovers she is bound by the very NDA she is investigating, upending her mentor-protégé dynamic with Kidman's character.
- 'Discretion' was the first big buy for Paramount+'s new regime following Paramount's acquisition by Skydance, landing the project in October after a bidding war with a straight-to-series order.
- Chandler Baker wrote and executive produces the series alongside Susannah Grant, with additional executive producers including Kidman, Per Saari, the Fanning sisters, and Brittany Kahan Ward; A24 serves as the studio.
- Lucas most recently appeared opposite Kristen Wiig in Apple TV's 'Palm Royale' and will next star in Paramount Pictures' Western action thriller 'The Rescue.'
- The eight-episode series begins production later this year with a Paramount+ launch planned for next year.
Why it matters: Paramount+ chose this A24-produced legal thriller as its first major scripted acquisition under the post-Skydance regime, signaling the new ownership's bet on prestige star vehicles over franchise IP for subscriber acquisition. The NDA-inversion premise — an associate trapped by her own investigation — gives the streamer a distinctive hook to differentiate the launch next year.
