Kerry Washington Stars In ‘What Remains’ Series Adaptation At Hulu

EXCLUSIVE: Hulu is developing What Remains, a thriller drama based on Wendy Walker‘s 2023 novel, with Kerry Washington set to star and executive produce. Chris Luccy is writing and McG directing the adaptation, from 20th Television and Kapital Entertainment.

In What Remains, after taking the life of a disturbed man in the line of duty, Detective Elise Sutton (Washington) – a devoted wife, loving mother, and cold case specialist — reels from the guilt of her actions. To convince herself that she did the right thing, she makes contact with a mysterious man that she saved that day, only to discover that he’s not at all what he seems. She’s soon caught in a dangerous game of cat and mouse, following the clues he leaves for her and realizing that the only person who can stop him… is her.

Luccy executive produces alongside Washington and Pilar Sivone via Simpson Street; Aaron Kaplan for Kapital Entertainment; and McG, Mary Viola & Corey Marsh for Wonderland Sound and Vision. Co-executive producing are Dylan Hammalian (Kapital Entertainment), Adam Haiken (Wonderland) and Will McDonald (Simpson Street). Walker is a producer. 20th TV, where Simpson Street has an overall deal, and Kapital are the studios.

This marks Washington’s latest project at Hulu where she starred in and executive produced limited series Little Fires Everywhere and comedy-drama UnPrisoned, both from 20th TV predecessor ABC Signature where her deal was originally based. Washington, who most recently starred in and executive produced the Apple TV limited series Imperfect Women, next plays a lead in Ben Affleck’s Netflix movie Animals and also headlines another upcoming Netflix movie, which is now filming, Jaume Collet-Serra’s An Innocent Girl. She is repped by CAA, Washington Square Arts, The Lede Company and Gretchen Rush.

Luccy spent four seasons on Kapital’s ABC drama series A Million Little Things, rising to co-executive producer. Before that, he was a co-executive producer on Club De Cuervos, Netflix’s first Spanish-language original series. His credits also includes comedy series Undatable, Melissa & Joey and Better With You. Luccy, an alum of the Warner Brothers Television Writers Workshop, is repped by Echo Lake Entertainment an The Nord Group.

McG has directed two Kapital pilots that have gone to series, The Mysteries of Laura at NBC and Kevin From Work at then-ABC Family. He is directing and producing the upcoming Apple movie Way of the Warrior Kid starring Chris Pratt. He is repped by WME and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern.

Walker is the author of psychological suspense novels such as All Is Not Forgotten, Emma In the Night and The Night Before and of the audio original novel The Room Next Door. Her work has been translated into more than 23 foreign languages. A former attorney and investment banker, Walker’s next thriller, Ten Years Gone, will be published in February 2027. She is repped by CAA and Writers House.