Rain Spencer will star in a series adaptation of E. Lockhart’s Genuine Fraud, Deadline reports.
Lockhart’s young adult novel, published in 2017 by Delacorte, follows Jule West Williams, an 18-year-old woman, posing as her best friend, missing heiress Imogen Sokoloff, at a resort in Mexico. In a starred review, a critic for Kirkus wrote of the book, “This thriller from the author of We Were Liars (2014) will challenge preconceptions about identity and keep readers guessing.”
Spencer will play Jule in the series, which is being developed by Amazon MGM Studios, and will also executive produce. The actor is known for her role as Taylor Jewel in the popular series adaptation of Jenny Han’s The Summer I Turned Pretty trilogy of novels, which recently aired its final season; a follow-up film to the series is in the works at Amazon Prime.
The Genuine Fraud series will be written by Sinead Daly, a co-executive producer of The Summer I Turned Pretty and Tell Me Lies, the series based on Carola Lovering’s 2018 novel.
Lockhart’s We Were Liars was recently adapted into an Amazon Prime series starring Emily Alyn Lind, Caitlin FitzGerald, and Mamie Gummer. It premiered in June and has been renewed for a second season.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
