"Special Ops: Lioness" First Photos Showcase Nicole Kidman and Zoe Saldaña Going Head to Head

Vanity Fair has unveiled the first look at "Special Ops: Lioness", an upcoming spy thriller set to stream on Paramount+ from Yellowstone creator Taylor Sheridan.

Lioness is based on a real-life CIA program and will follow Cruz Manuelos (Laysla De Oliveira), a passionate young Marine who is recruited to join the CIA’s Lioness Engagement Team in a bid to help bring down a terrorist organization from the inside.

Talking about her character, De Oliveira said: “She goes in to befriend the target’s daughter. So this girl becomes her mark. She wants to get close to this girl so that they can get to the target. But when you’re hanging out with somebody every day and get to know them as humans, it gets really hard to do what you have to do."

De Oliveira received A-list star power supporting her in the upcoming project. Zoe Saldaña appears as Joe, the station chief of the program who is tasked with training, and managing, and leading her elite team of female undercover operatives.

While the Academy Award winner Nicole Kidman was first attached to executive produce, the actress will also be found on-screen, which was part of the appeal for Saldaña.

The acclaimed actress plays Kaitlyn Meade, a DC veteran and senior CIA supervisor who oversees the program from the corridors of Washington and works alongside Morgan Freeman as Edwin Mullins, the Secretary of State, and Michael Kelly as CIA Deputy Director Byron Westfield.