The upcoming Life is Strange TV series from Amazon has cast its two leads.
Chloe Price and Max Caulfield will be played by Maisy Stella and Tatum Grace Hopkins respectively. Stella is a musician and actress, who is best known as Nashville’s Daphne Conrad. As for Hopkins, Life is Strange will mark her’ TV debut, with the actress having primarily worked on stage until now.
As for what it is all about, here is the Life is Strange TV series’ official logline, as shared by Variety:
“The show follows Max, a photography student, who discovers she can rewind time while saving the life of her childhood best friend, Chloe. As she struggles to understand this new skill, the pair investigate the mysterious disappearance of a fellow student, uncovering a dark side to their town that will ultimately force them to make an impossible life or death choice that will impact them forever.”
So, much like the game it is based on, which originally released back in 2015. The TV adaptation will be led, produced, and penned by The End of the F***ing World writer, Charlie Covell, alongside Story Kitchen executive producers, Dmitri M. Johnson, Mike Goldberg, and Timothy I. Stevenson.
“It’s a huge honour to be adapting Life Is Strange for Amazon MGM Studios,” Covell said at the time. “I am a massive fan of the game, and I’m thrilled to be working with the incredible teams at Square Enix, Story Kitchen, and LuckyChap. I can’t wait to share Max and Chloe’s story with fellow players and new audiences alike.”
As for the games, the next Life is Strange entry is set to release on 26th March, across Xbox Series X/S, PC and PlayStation 5. It’s known as Reunion, and as the name suggests, reunites Chloe and Max.
I went hands-on with Life of Strange: Reunion earlier this year. “I felt genuinely emotional seeing the two girls who I thought had said their final goodbye to each other back together again… I just hope the rest of Life is Strange: Reunion’s story holds the same gravitas and momentum, so that this reunion can really stick its final landing,” I wrote in Eurogamer’s Life is Strange: Reunion preview.
