Actress Anya Taylor-Joy is to star in "The Queen's Gambit" series for Netflix. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI
Actress Anya Taylor-Joy attends the 70th EE British Academy Film Awards in London on February 12, 2017. File Photo by Paul Treadway/ UPI
Actress Anya Taylor-Joy arrives on the red carpet at the New York premiere of "Split" on January 18, 2017. File Photo by Dennis Van Tine/UPI
March 19 (UPI) -- Netflix announced Tuesday that Split alum Anya Taylor-Joy will star in its six-part adaptation of Walter Tevis' novel, The Queen's Gambit.
"Chronicling the life of an orphan chess prodigy, the story -- set during the Cold War era -- follows Beth Harmon from the age of 8 to 22, as she struggles with addiction in a quest to become the greatest chess player in the world," a press release said.
Godless and Logan filmmaker Scott Frank is writing and will direct the streaming show.
Taylor-Joy, who has also acted in Glass and The Witch, will also soon be heard voicing a puppet character in Netflix's fantasy drama, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.