Last September, Amazon Prime greenlit a Life Is Strange live-action TV series based on the original 2015 game. Today, the series now has its lead actors portraying the game’s two protagonists, Max Caulfield and Chloe Price.
Variety reports that Tatum Grace Hopkins has been cast as Max, and Maisy Stella will play Chloe. Life Is Strange will be Tatum Grace Hopkins’ television debut; she is primarily a stage actress who has performed in Broadway productions such as The Queen of Versailles and For the Girls. Maisy Stella is perhaps best known for portraying Daphne Conrad in the musical drama series Nashville, and also starred opposite Aubrey Plaza in the 2024 film My Old Ass. She’ll also star in the Maude Apatow comedy Poetic License, set to hit theaters this year.
Tatum Grace Hopkins (left) and Maisy Stella (right)
Based on its official logline, the Life Is Strange TV Show will adhere to the plot of the first game, with protagonist Max described as “a photography student, who discovers she can rewind time while saving the life of her childhood best friend, Chloe. As she struggles to understand this new skill, the pair investigate the mysterious disappearance of a fellow student, uncovering a dark side to their town that will ultimately force them to make an impossible life or death choice that will impact them forever.”
Life Is Strange is being helmed by writer, showrunner, and executive producer Charlie Covell, who previously wrote the Netflix series The End of the F***ing World and Kaos, as well as the miniseries Truelove. A Life Is Strange TV show has been in the works in some form since 2016, when Legendary Television was set to adapt it before that project seemingly fell through after years of radio silence (the last real update was reported in 2021). It’s unknown when Life Is Strange is expected to premiere on Amazon Prime.
This casting news comes only a few weeks before the March 26 launch of Life is Strange: Reunion, the next game starring Max Caulfield that brings Chloe Price back into the fold. You can read all about that game’s announcement here.
Life Is Strange is far from the only video game TV adaptation coming to Amazon Prime. The studio is also making a God of War series, and recently unveiled the first look at the lead actors portraying Kratos and Atreus in costume.
[Source: Variety]