Melissa George is set to front Ms X, a darkly comic crime drama ordered by Three and streamer ThreeNow, marking a major original scripted swing for Warner Bros Discovery in New Zealand. The 8-episode series, from Dynamic Television, South Pacific Pictures, and Plus6Four Entertainment, begins production this June for a 2026 premiere.
Created by New Zealand writer-director duo Hannah Marshall and David de Lautour, the series centers on a wife whose plot to shock her cheating husband into fidelity—hatched with the help of a friend—goes violently off the rails. George, whose credits include The Mosquito Coast, The Slap, and Alias, will play the title role.
The project was co-developed by Marshall and de Lautour under their Plus6Four banner, with de Lautour also attached to direct. Executive producers include Marshall, de Lautour, Gareth Williams, Kelly Martin (for South Pacific Pictures), and Daniel March (for Dynamic Television), which also holds global distribution rights.
< b>NZ On Air backed the production with NZ$2.75 million in April 2024, bolstering local scripted output at a time when New Zealand content is looking for more international breakouts. Marshall describes the series as a hybrid of Kiwi humor and escalating crime tension, aimed at global buyers.
This marks a rare local lead for George, an Australian-American actress with deep TV credentials on both sides of the Pacific, and a coup for Three as it continues to sharpen its drama slate.
