Thread by @Variety

#InventingAnna — the first show @shondarhimes has written for Netflix, and the first show she’s created since #Scandal made its debut in 2012 — finally has a premiere date. bit.ly/3GDjfJc

The new series follows the massive success of #Bridgerton, which Rhimes and her company Shondaland executive produced. Season 2 of “Bridgerton” will also premiere in 2022. bit.ly/3GDjfJc

When Rhimes read Jessica Pressler’s viral New York Magazine story “How Anna Delvey Tricked New York’s Party People” that detailed the scammy enterprises of a charming young woman who had grifted New Yorkers, she immediately wanted to option the story. bit.ly/3GDjfJc

The article was Rhimes’ first major acquisition for her Netflix talent deal. The eight-episode limited series began production in fall 2019 in New York City, and then had to finish a full year later because of the pandemic. bit.ly/3GDjfJc

On #InventingAnna, #Veep’s Anna Chlumsky plays Vivian, a reporter based loosely on Pressler, and Julia Garner, the Emmy winner from #Ozark, plays Anna, the object of everyone’s obsessions and projections. bit.ly/3GDjfJc

#InventingAnna is told through Vivian’s eyes, as she reports the story through speaking with the people in Anna’s life whom she affected, either because they’d been charmed by her or she’d stolen from them — or both. bit.ly/3GDjfJc

Shondaland linchpins Katie Lowes, Anna Deavere Smith, Jeff Perry and Kate Burton are among the cast, as are Arian Moayed (“Succession”), Alexis Floyd (“The Bold Type”), Anders Holm (“Workaholics”) and Laverne Cox (“Orange Is the New Black”). bit.ly/3GDjfJc

.@KateAurthur has the exclusive on #InventingAnna’s premiere. bit.ly/3GDjfJc