Mark your calendars. Apple TV has officially confirmed that ‘Lucky’, the highly anticipated crime thriller starring Anya Taylor-Joy, will premiere globally on Wednesday, July 15.
The announcement came during the streamer’s 2026 Press Day on Monday, alongside the release of a gritty first-look teaser and a handful of new images from the seven-episode limited series.
Based on the New York Times bestselling novel by Marissa Stapley, which was also a Reese’s Book Club pick, the series follows Lucky Armstrong, a con artist forced to go on the run after a multi-million-dollar heist goes catastrophically wrong. With both the FBI and a ruthless crime boss on her tail, Lucky must fight for her life while confronting the criminal past she thought she had left behind.
The teaser opens with Lucky covered in blood after barely surviving a car crash, before cutting to flashes of gunfire, high-speed chases, and tense standoffs. In a voice-over, she says simply: “It’s like anything else. You just have to practice.”
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Taylor-Joy, who also serves as executive producer through her LadyKiller production banner, leads a star-studded ensemble cast that includes five-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening as mob boss Priscilla, three-time Emmy nominee Timothy Olyphant as Lucky’s father and mentor, and Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as FBI Agent Billie Rand. The cast also features Drew Starkey, Clifton Collins Jr., and William Fichtner.
The series was created by Jonathan Tropper, who serves as co-showrunner and executive producer through his Tropper Ink banner as part of his overall deal with Apple TV+. Cassie Pappas joins as co-showrunner and executive producer, with Reese Witherspoon and Lauren Neustadter executive producing for Hello Sunshine. Director Jonathan van Tulleken, who helmed the pilot, also serves as executive producer.
Speaking on the project in a previous statement, Witherspoon said:
“It is incredibly rewarding to be able to amplify these female-centric stories and their authors, see our community connect with them, then see them take on a whole new life on screen.”
The show marks Taylor-Joy’s first leading TV role since her Emmy-nominated turn in Netflix’s ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ back in 2020. It is also the latest collaboration between Hello Sunshine and Apple TV+, joining past hits like ‘The Morning Show’, ‘The Last Thing He Told Me’, and ‘Truth Be Told’.
‘Lucky’ debuts with its first two episodes on July 15, with new episodes releasing every Wednesday through August 19.