Stephan James & Colton Ryan Join Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning & Josh Lucas In Paramount+ Legal Drama ‘Discretion’ As Production Begins

Paramount+ legal drama Discretion is expanding its cast as production gets underway. Stephan James (I Play Rocky, If Beale Street Could Talk) and Colton Ryan (The Girl From Plainville) will join Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning and Josh Lucas as series regulars in the upcomng series from Chandler Baker and A24. Written and executive produced by Chandler Baker and executive produced by Susannah Grant, Discretion is a legal thriller about a summer associate Lenny (Fanning) at a prestigious Dallas law firm who uncovers a web of NDAs masking a dark truth. When she realizes she signed the same agreement, her discoveries put her in the crosshairs of the firm’s most powerful female partner Sharon (Kidman)—upending their mentor-protégé dynamic and raising the question: who gets to keep secrets, and at what cost. James will play “Logan,” a sharp corporate associate who becomes a mentor to Lenny. Ryan will star as “Boone,” Lenny’s (Fanning) ex-boyfriend, a recovering addict from an affluent Dallas family, now nine months sober living at a halfway house while quietly trying to rebuild his life. Watch on Deadline Matt Shakman serves as executive producer and will direct the first four episodes. Kidman and Per Saari (Blossom Films), Elle Fanning, Dakota Fanning and Brittany Kahan Ward (Lewellen Pictures), Joe Hipp (CUT TO) and Jordan Cerf (Linden Entertainment) also serve as executive producers along with A24. James starred in Barry Jenkins’ If Beale Street Could Talk and in the Prime Video thriller series Homecoming, James will next be seen portraying Carl Weathers in I Play Rocky, which will premiere at TIFF next month. James recently signed with the Gersh Agency and continues to be repped by Range Media Partners, HillTop Entertainment, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Ryan, known for his starring role opposite Elle Fanning in Hulu miniseries The Girl From Plainville, is repped by The Gersh Agency and TFC Management.