Dakota Johnson has signed-on to play a woman caught in the web of a cult.
The Fifty Shades actress will co-executive produce and co-star alongside Riley Keough, in an upcoming limited series based on Bexy Cameron’s upcoming memoir, Cult Following.
The project is a collaboration between Johnson and Ro Donnelly’s production company TeaTime Pictures and Keough and Gina Gammell’s production company Felix Culpa.
Unique perspective: Dakota Johnson will star in a limited series based on Bexy Cameron’s upcoming memoir, Cult Following, alongside Riley Keough
Johnson will portray Cameron as she recounts her upbringing as a member of the Children of God and her journey after her emancipation from the cult when she was just 16-years-old.
Keough will star as Cameron’s close friend who goes on a road trip with her to document and investigate contemporary cults that exist in America today.
Their journey consists of meltdowns, meth cooks, monks, Jesus freaks, soap-making Armageddonists, surveillance vans, ex-Apple employees, according to Deadline.
And while out on their adventure on the road, Cameron is able to examine and process the psychology and trauma she experienced as a child raised in a cult that culminates with a confrontation with her parents.
Gal pals: Johnson and Keough have been friends since they were young teenagers; they are pictured at the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards in February 2019
It turns out Johnson and Keough, who’s the granddaughter of rock and roll legend, Elvis Presley, have been friends since they were young teenagers.
‘Grateful for my sister @dakotajohnson and sister @ginagammell and @teatime.pictures and @felixculpa and Bexy. And so grateful to be able to make things with the people I love. #blessed,’ the daughter Lisa Marie Presley shared on Instagram along with a red heart and rainbow emojis.
Keough and her Felix Culpa partner, Gammell, added, ‘We are so thrilled to bring Bexy’s incredible story to television alongside our dear, beautiful friends at TeaTime, Dakota and Ro. We couldn’t dream of better collaborators for this. Thank you Platform One, we can’t wait for this adventure.’
Johnson and Donnelly said in a statement: ‘It has been a dream of ours since we launched TeaTime to collaborate with Riley and Gina at Felix Culpa. We are beyond thrilled to join forces and friendship to bring Bexy’s remarkable story to the screen. Alongside Platform One, we look forward to adding the final top notch collaborators to the team.’
Riveting: Johnson, 31, will portray Cameron as she recounts her upbringing as a member of the Children of God and her journey after her emancipation from the cult when she was just 16
Johnson, 31, is currently shooting the drama film, The Lost Daughter, written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal that also stars Olivia Colman, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Mescal and Oliver Jackson-Cohen.
Most recently, Keough, 31, starred in comedy-drama film, Zola, and the psychological thriller film, The Devil All The Time, which both premiered in 2020.
Her Hollywood resume also includes The Runaways (2010), The Good Doctor (2011), Magic Mike (2012), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and It Comes At Night (2017), as well as the acclaimed first season of the anthology series, The Girlfriend Experience (2015).
The Cult Following memoir will be published by Manilla Press, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK, on July 8, 2021.
So far there’s no word on when the limited series will premiere.
Royalty: Keough, 31, is the granddaughter of the King Of Rock N’ Roll, Elvis Presley; she had her big breakthrough in the first season of The Girlfriend Experience (2015)