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Brittany Snow will make one killer transplant in the thriller The Hunting Wives.

The actress will star opposite Malin Åkerman in the upcoming Starz drama, TVLine has learned. She will portray Sophie O’Neil, whose family relocates from the East Coast to East Texas, where she falls under socialite Margo Bank’s (Åkerman) charms and sees her life consumed by obsession, seduction and murder.

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The eight-episode series is adapted from the novel by May Cobb, which drew comparisons to Desperate Housewives, Big Little Lies and Mean Girls. Production will begin in Charlotte, N.C. this spring.

The show is executive produced by Hightown’s Rebecca Cutter, who will also write and serve as showrunner. A release date has not yet been set.

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