Anya Taylor-Joy is quickly becoming one of Apple TV’s most valuable stars. After leading The Gorge alongside Miles Teller, a sci-fi thriller that became Apple TV’s biggest movie launch ever, the actress with the most fascinating multicultural background is already lining up her next major project for the streamer. This time around, there’s no monsters or snipers or a terrifying abyss with nothing in it but suffering — probably for the best — because she’s trading it for a con artist thriller with a pretty sweet cast. And now we know when we’ll get to see it, and what we can expect when we do.
Apple TV has just unveiled the very slick trailer for Lucky, the exciting new seven-episode limited series starring and executive produced by Taylor-Joy. The series will premiere globally on Apple TV with its first two episodes on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, followed by new episodes every Wednesday through August 19.
The series is based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name, written by Marissa Stapley, and follows a con artist whose latest job lands her in a bit of a pickle when a multimillion dollar heist goes terribly wrong. Lucky goes on the run but, with the FBI and a pretty ticked off crime boss closing in on her, she’s got to confront her demons and find a way out before her mistakes catch up to her.
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Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
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🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
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In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
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What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
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How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
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Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
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What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
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Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
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The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
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You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
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You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
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You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
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Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
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You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
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Who’s Involved in ‘Lucky’?
Alongside ATJ, the cast includes Annette Bening (Nyad), Timothy Olyphant (Justified), Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (King Richard), Drew Starkey (Outer Banks), Clifton Collins Jr.(Capote), and William Fichtner (The Dark Knight). The series comes from the prolific creator Jonathan Tropper — who also created Your Friends & Neighbors, another Apple TV sensation with Jon Hamm, and who has written the next Star Wars movie, Starfighter — who also serves as co-showrunner, writer, and executive producer through his Tropper Ink banner under his overall deal with Apple TV.
Cassie Pappas executive produces and serves as co-showrunner alongside Tropper. Reese Witherspoon — who made the novel one of her Reese’s Book Club standouts — and Lauren Neustadter executive produce for Hello Sunshine, while Taylor-Joy executive produces through her production banner, LadyKiller. Jonathan van Tulleken, who directed the pilot, also executive produces.
Lucky premieres July 15, 2026 on Apple TV. Check out the trailer above, and stay tuned to Collider for all the latest news and updates.
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Release Date
July 15, 2026
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Apple TV
Showrunner
Jonathan Tropper, Cassie Pappas, Jonathan van Tulleken
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