"Game of Thrones" star Emilia Clarke is attached to star in and executive produce "Ponies," a spy thriller series at Peacock.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, the series, set in Moscow in 1977 during the Cold War era, stars Clarke. "Ponies," from Universal Television features Susanna Fogel ("The Flight Attendant") and David Iserson ("Mr. Robot") as co-creators.
The series follows two "PONIES", standing for persons of no interest, who work anonymously as secretaries at the American embassy until their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances in the USSR; hence, leading them to become operatives with the CIA.
In the series, Clarke will star as Bea, an overeducated, Russian-speaking child of Soviet immigrants. Fogel and Iserson are co-writing "Ponies" with Fogel attached to direct and Iserson as showrunner. They also serve as EPs with Jessica Rhoades of "Sharp Objects" via her Pacesetter Productions. Katherine Bridle and Pacesetter's Alison Mo Massey are co-executive producers.
Clarke is shooting on Prime Video's web series "Criminal".
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