All they needed to say was “Betty Gilpin (Glow, The Tomorrow War) is back in fighting mode” and we had been in, however it will get higher from there. Peacock has introduced that in Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof’s Mrs. Davis, Gilpin is ready to play a nun who takes on a strong synthetic intelligence. Yes, we’ll take the Liberty Belle stepping into a brand new behavior as a nun.

Peacock reveals that Mrs. Davis is “an exploration of faith versus technology—an epic battle of biblical and binary proportions,” although additional plot particulars are scarce. Emmy winner Owen Harris (Black Mirror: San Junipero, Brave New World) will direct a number of episodes and can also be on board as an govt producer together with Lindelof (whose many credit embody Watchmen, The Leftovers, Lost, and co-writing The Hunt, which starred Gilpin) and Hernandez (The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon). Hernandez may even function showrunner.

Previously, Gilpin was additionally seen within the Netflix’s Glow, which received the axe earlier than the collection’ fourth season because of the pandemic. Fans are undoubtedly not over the lack of the favored wrestling collection, however the considered Gilpin kicking ass in some kind whereas taking part in a nun continues to be mighty intriguing. Hey, possibly they’ll usher in her Glow co-star Alison Brie because the AI voice or bodily kind—we will dare to dream, anyway!

So far there are not any additional casting particulars or any inkling of a launch date for Mrs. Davis, however we’ll be preserving an eye fixed out for extra.

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