Trust: Kate Winslet HBO Series Adds May December’s Todd Haynes as Writer and Director

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Trust: Kate Winslet HBO Series Adds May December’s Todd Haynes as Writer and Director

Todd Haynes has been tapped to write and direct Trust, a new HBO limited series starring Kate Winslet.

Per Variety, Haynes and Jon Raymond are co-writing Trust, which is based on a Hernan Diaz novel of the same name that was published in 2022. Both Haynes and Raymond are also executive producing the series.

“In a story told from multiple, competing perspectives, a 1920s Wall Street tycoon amasses a sudden fortune but loses a beloved wife,” the series’ logline reads. “Decades later, his attempts to control the narrative of his life are undone by a biographer who uncovers the ultimate secrets of the legendary marriage.”

Winslet and Diaz additionally serve as an executive producer on Trust with Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler for Killer Films.

What other projects has Todd Haynes worked on besides Trust?

Haynes made his feature film directorial debut in 1991 with Poison. He then went on to direct 1995’s Safe, 1998’s Velvet Goldmine, 2002’s Far from Heaven, 2007’s I’m Not There, 2015’s Carol, 2017’s Wonderstruck, 2019’s Dark Waters, and 2021’s The Velvet Underground.

His most recent movie was 2023’s May December, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2023 before it was released on Netflix later that December. The film, which stars Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman, was nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the 96th Academy Awards.

Haynes and Raymond both previously worked with Winslet on Mildred Pierce. Based on James M. Cain’s 1941 novel of the same name, Mildred Pierce saw Winslet play the titular character alongside Guy Pearce as Monty Beragon, Evan Rachel Wood as Veda Pierce, and Miriam Shor as Ana.

Winslet is also known for starring in 1996’s Hamlet, 1997’s Titanic, 2004’s Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, 2008’s Revolutionary Road, 2014’s Divergent, and 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water, among other titles. She has previously worked with HBO on Mare of Easttown and The Regime.

Trust does not yet have a premiere date.