Jessica Chastain to Star in New Netflix Drama Series THE RETRIEVALS

Oscar winner Jessica Chastain is set to star in Netflix's new drama series "The Retrievals" written, showrun and executive produced by Molly Smith Metzler ("Sirens", "Maid"). The show is based on the New York Times and Serial Productions podcast of the same name by Susan Burton, and it also stars Amy Ryan, Emilia Jones, Fabien Frankel and Will Harrison. Lila Neugebauer ("Maid", "Sirens, "The Beast in Me") serves as the pilot director and executive producer.

The show will follow an unlikely community of IVF patients who come together to crusade against Yale University after they are operated on without anesthesia — because a nurse stole their fentanyl. Chastain will star as Kaitlyn Langford, a former art historian who has spent the last decade stuck in an endless cycle of failed fertility treatments. When she learns she's also a victim of criminal drug diversion at the Yale Fertility Center, she faces a devastating personal reckoning and becomes a key plaintiff in this historic lawsuit against Yale.

Metzler had this to say about the casting: "Chastain was the writing team's 'exemplar' while crafting the role of Kaitlyn. As a performer, she has the rare ability to convey extreme restraint and unbridled freefall, often at the same time. It gives me goosebumps just thinking about what Jessica's going to do with this role."

Dani Gorin, Tom Ackerley, and Margot Robbie also executive produce via LuckyChap. Other executive producers include Colin McKenna, Caitlin Roper for The New York Times, and podcast writer Susan Burton. The project is produced by LuckyChap and Quiet Coyote.

---

     RELATED POSTS :

• Diane Kruger, Dany Boon & Tim Roth Star in Netflix WWII Thriller PROJET K
• Weekend Box Office: SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY Dominates Fourth Frame
• Olivia Colman Joins ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING Season 6
• Beth Behrs Joins SHIFTING GEARS Season 3
• Leslie Grossman Joins POWER: ORIGINS as Returning Character Flossie From RAISING KANAN
• Charlie Hunnam and the SONS OF ANARCHY Cast Reunite for FX Limited Series LEGENDS
• Anne Hathaway Joins Tom Cruise In DAYS OF THUNDER Sequel
• Weekend Box-Office: SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY Leads for Fifth Consecutive Frame
• Charles Melton in Talks to Join NARUTO Movie as Kakashi Hatake
• Tom Hanks To Star in Adaptation of Allen Levi's Bestseller THEO OF GOLDEN
• Camila Morrone & Danny Ramirez Join MIAMI VICE '85
• Steven Yeun to Lead Netflix Supernatural Drama Series PAGANS
• Odessa Young and Maria Cid in Talks to Join HEAT 2
• Matthew Daddario Joins CHICAGO FIRE Season 15
• Weekend Box-Office: SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY and THE ODYSSEY Dominate Labor Day
• Camron Jones to Play Tupac Shakur in Universal's Snoop Dogg Biopic
• Kit Harington Joins Harry Potter Season 2; HBO Casts Dobby, Ginny Weasley and Tom Riddle
• GEN V Star Asa Germann to Play Angel in X-MEN Reboot
• Ellen Pompeo To Star In Hulu Drama Series NOT A SOUND From David E. Kelley Productions
• Venice Film Festival 2026 Winners: May El-Toukhy's WOMAN UNKNOWN Wins Golden Lion
• Amy Ryan Joins Emilia Jones In Netflix Drama Series THE RETRIEVALS
• Weekend Box Office: PRACTICAL MAGIC 2 Takes Away Top Spot From SPIDER-MAN
• Emmys 2026 Winners - The Complete List (Primetime and Creative Arts)
• Jason Momoa, Adria Arjona & Kiefer Sutherland Join Miles Teller in Thriller COPPERHEAD
• Brad Pitt to Star in WORLD WAR Z Sequel Directed by Edward Berger
• Bill Skarsgard to Star in Hideo Kojima's PHYSINT Video Game