Though her time on “Game of Thrones” came to an end in 2019, Emilia Clarke never really left TV. She almost immediately jumped back in with a starring role in Marvel Studios’ “Secret Invasion,” and she has already lined up a starring role in the forthcoming crime thriller, “Criminal.” And as if that wasn’t enough, Clarke is now set to star in another TV series, “Ponies.”
According to Peacock, Emilia Clarke is set to star in the espionage thriller, “Ponies.” The series is set in 1977 and tells the story of two women who work as secretaries at an American Embassy in Moscow. Their lives get turned upside down when their husbands are killed mysteriously in the USSR. Now, the women are recruited by the CIA to become operatives and help solve the mystery of their husbands’ deaths.
As mentioned, Clarke is probably best known for her role in “Game of Thrones.” Since then, she has also starred in film projects such as “Last Christmas” and “The Pod Generation.”
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“Ponies” comes from co-creators Susanna Fogel (“The Flight Attendant,” “The Spy Who Dumped Me”) and David Iserson (“Mr. Robot,” “New Girl”). Fogel is also on board as director and co-writer, while Iserson is a co-writer and showrunner.
A release date for the new series has yet to be announced.
Here’s the synopsis:
Moscow, 1977. Two “PONIES” (“persons of no interest” in intelligence speak) work anonymously as secretaries in the American Embassy. That is until their husbands are killed under mysterious circumstances in the USSR, and the pair become CIA operatives. Bea (Emilia Clarke) is an over-educated, Russian-speaking child of Soviet immigrants. Her cohort, Twila, is a small-town girl who is as abrasive as she is fearless. Together, they work to uncover a vast Cold War conspiracy and solve the mystery that made them widows in the first place.