Adam Driver to Make TV Comeback with Netflix's "Rabbit, Rabbit"

Adam Driver has signed on to star in a hostage drama series from Netflix titled “Rabbit, Rabbit.”

The show is written by Peter Craig (“The Town,” “The Batman”) and directed by Philip Barantini, who won an Emmy for his work helming the Netflix limited series “Adolescence.” 

“Rabbit, Rabbit” marks Adam‘s first full-time role on a TV series since the 2017 critically acclaimed HBO series “Girls,” in which he starred throughout the show’s six-season run. 

The show hails from independent film and TV studio MRC, which has a first-look deal with Craig.

“Rabbit, Rabbit” follows an escaped convict who, when cornered by law enforcement at a truck stop, takes hostages in an effort to negotiate for his freedom.

The standoff quickly escalates into an “unmanageable social experiment with his captives,” per the logline, becoming “an emotional poker match with a veteran FBI Crisis Negotiator trained in ‘tactical empathy.'

According to Netflix, the straight-to-series order was won in a “highly competitive” pursuit with other distributors.

Craig is the showrunner, writer, and creator of the series, executive producing alongside director Barantini, Driver, and Samantha Beddoe for her and Barantini’s It’s All Made Up Productions, and Bryan Unkeless under his and Craig’s Night Owl banner.

Driver is primarily known for his film roles, having earned two Oscar nominations to date — one for “Marriage Story” and another for “BlacKkKlansman.” He is also known for his role as Kylo Ren in the new “Star Wars” trilogy and has starred in other films like “Megalopolis,” “Ferrari,” “House of Gucci,” “The Last Duel,” “Silence,” and “The Report.”