Netflix has announced it is adapting the best-selling novel How To Kill Your Family – with a seriously A-list name in the lead role.

On Wednesday afternoon, the streaming giant confirmed that Bella Mackie’s 2021 dark comedy book is being turned into an eight-part series, with Anya Taylor-Joy having already joined the cast.

“Anya Taylor-Joy is set to star as murderous Grace Bernard, protagonist extraordinaire in How To Kill Your Family, a new eight-part Netflix series thrillingly inspired by Bella Mackie’s best-selling novel of the same name!” the company wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

Anya previously teamed up with Netflix on the hit miniseries The Queen’s Gambit, released back in 2020.

Her additional credits include the horror favourite The Witch, the TV drama Peaky Blinders and the recent Dune sequel.

With the Edinburgh TV Festival currently underway, Netflix has made a series of announcements about its new shows over the course of the morning.

There’s also been an update on Black Doves, a new spy thriller starring Ben Whishaw and Keira Knightley which is due to begin streaming later this year.