Killing Eve Prequel About Fiona Shaw’s Carolyn Martens in the Works at BBC

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Killing Eve Prequel About Fiona Shaw’s Carolyn Martens in the Works at BBC

BBC has partnered with ZDF for the development of the upcoming Killing Eve prequel titled, Honey, which follow the origins of a young Carolyn Martens. The character was originally played by Fiona Shaw in the Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer-led show. Her performance as an MI6 head earned her two Emmy nominations for Best Supporting Actress.

Described as a darkly comic spy drama, Honey is a six-part series which hails from Killing Eve producer Sid Gentle Films. It is created by Extraordinary scribe Emma Moran, who is co-writing the show with Emme Hoy (Renegade Nell). Executive producers are Moran, Sally Woodward Gentle, and Lee Morris, with Christopher Hall producing.

Who is the Killing Eve prequel about?

“East Berlin, 1982. Marta, 24, is a deep cover agent for MI6. Surrounded by enemies and constantly under threat of her cover being blown, she tries her hardest to avoid detection by Friedrich Bauman, the new Head of Counter Espionage for the Stasi,” reads the official logline. “Finding herself caught between Friedrich and the reckless, arrogant (and incredibly attractive…) CIA operative Aaron Neeland, she is blind-sided by desire in this Cold War menage-a-trois. The risk of being garrotted or incarcerated is nothing compared to the horrifying ordeal of falling in love.”

Based on Luke Jennings’ 2017 novel, the original Killing Eve series centered around Oh’s Eve Polastri, an MI5 officer who suddenly gets involved with a notorious and eccentric assassin named Villanelle, portrayed by Comer. Due to her insights for female assassins, Eve was enlisted to join Carolyn Martens’ undercover division with MI6, which have been created to find the whereabouts of Villanelle. As they continue to play a game of cat and mouse, Eve and Villanelle started becoming equally obsessed with each other.