{"id":1834953,"date":"2026-03-19T13:02:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1834953"},"modified":"2026-03-19T13:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T10:02:38","slug":"life-is-strange-tv-series-lands-yellowjackets-and-jennifers-body-director-for-first-episodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1834953","title":{"rendered":"Life is Strange TV series lands Yellowjackets and Jennifer&#8217;s Body director for first episodes"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Life is Strange TV series lands Yellowjackets and Jennifer&#8217;s Body director for first episodes<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Arcadia Raiders.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Max-in-Life-is-Strange-with-an-image-of-Megan-Fox-in-Jennifer's-Body-to-one-side.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Max in Life is Strange with an image of Megan Fox in Jennifer's Body to one side\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"Max-in-Life-is-Strange-with-an-image-of-Megan-Fox-in-Jennifer's-Body-to-one-side.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/1644925423.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Victoria Phillips Kennedy avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"1644925423.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"179\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/victoria-kennedy\">Victoria Phillips Kennedy<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      News Reporter<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-03-19T13:02:38+00:00\">March 19, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/life-is-strange-tv-series-lands-yellowjackets-and-jennifers-body-director-for-first-episodes?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          2 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"c5d29a91-b540-4fb2-9192-7e55ec533366\" data-name=\"Life is Strange\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Life is Strange\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Life is Strange\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Life is Strange\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Life is Strange\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Life is Strange\" title=\"Follow Life is Strange\"><br \/>\n  Follow Life is Strange<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Karyn Kusama is slated to direct the first two episodes of Amazon&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/life-is-strange\">Life is Strange<\/a> TV series.<\/p>\n<p>Kusama is an Emmy nominee, with her other directorial works including Yellowjackets, The Man in the High Castle, Dead Ringers and The Consultant. On the film side of things, Kusama directed the Megan Fox-starring comedy horror Jennifer&#8217;s Body.<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>Kusama joins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-life-is-strange-tv-series-has-found-its-max-and-chloe-with-nashville-star-in-lead-role\">Chloe Price and Max Caulfield actors Maisy Stella and Tatum Grace Hopkins on the show<\/a>, which will adapt the original Life is Strange story for TV.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The show follows Max, a photography student, who discovers she can rewind time while saving the life of her childhood best friend, Chloe,&#8221; read the official logline, as shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/life-is-strange-tv-series-karyn-kusama-director-1236692403\/\">Variety<\/a>. &#8220;As she struggles to understand this new skill, the pair investigate the mysterious disappearance of a fellow student, uncovering a dark side to their town that will ultimately force them to make an impossible life or death choice that will impact them forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The adaptation will be led, produced, and penned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/producers-of-newly-announced-life-is-strange-tv-show-say-it-deserves-to-be-more-than-just-a-game\">The End of the F***ing World writer Charlie Covell<\/a>, alongside Story Kitchen executive producers, Dmitri M. Johnson, Mike Goldberg, and Timothy I. Stevenson.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Karyn Kusama\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Karyn-Kusama.webp?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.3195020746887967\" width=\"636\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Karyn Kusama\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Karyn-Kusama.webp\" height=\"482\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.3195020746887967\" width=\"636\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Everett Collection via Variety<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for the games, the next Life is Strange entry is set to release on 26th March, across Xbox Series X\/S, PC and PlayStation 5. It&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/life-is-strange-reunion-will-be-the-thrilling-finale-to-the-max-and-chloe-saga-coming-march\">known as Reunion<\/a>, and as the name suggests, reunites Chloe and Max.<\/p>\n<p>I went hands-on with Life of Strange: Reunion earlier this year. &#8220;I felt genuinely emotional seeing the two girls who I thought had said their final goodbye to each other back together again\u2026 I just hope the rest of Life is Strange: Reunion&#8217;s story holds the same gravitas and momentum, so that this reunion can really stick its final landing,&#8221; I wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/life-is-strange-reuinion-preview-chloe-return-fan-service\">Eurogamer&#8217;s Life is Strange: Reunion preview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Karyn Kusama is slated to direct the first two episodes of Amazon&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/life-is-strange\">Life is Strange<\/a> TV series.<\/p>\n<p>Kusama is an Emmy nominee, with her other directorial works including Yellowjackets, The Man in the High Castle, Dead Ringers and The Consultant. On the film side of things, Kusama directed the Megan Fox-starring comedy horror Jennifer&#8217;s Body.<\/p>\n<p><!-- code from Primis - Eurogamer.net - eurogamer.net --><\/p>\n<div class=\"primis_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"primis_video\">\n<p><span class=\"embed_placeholder\" data-type=\"targeting\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"message\">To see this content please enable targeting cookies.<\/span><br \/>\n<button class=\"optanon-show-settings link\"><br \/>\nManage cookie settings<\/button><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- code from Primis --><\/p>\n<p>Kusama joins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/amazons-life-is-strange-tv-series-has-found-its-max-and-chloe-with-nashville-star-in-lead-role\">Chloe Price and Max Caulfield actors Maisy Stella and Tatum Grace Hopkins on the show<\/a>, which will adapt the original Life is Strange story for TV.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The show follows Max, a photography student, who discovers she can rewind time while saving the life of her childhood best friend, Chloe,&#8221; read the official logline, as shared by <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/tv\/news\/life-is-strange-tv-series-karyn-kusama-director-1236692403\/\">Variety<\/a>. &#8220;As she struggles to understand this new skill, the pair investigate the mysterious disappearance of a fellow student, uncovering a dark side to their town that will ultimately force them to make an impossible life or death choice that will impact them forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The adaptation will be led, produced, and penned by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/producers-of-newly-announced-life-is-strange-tv-show-say-it-deserves-to-be-more-than-just-a-game\">The End of the F***ing World writer Charlie Covell<\/a>, alongside Story Kitchen executive producers, Dmitri M. Johnson, Mike Goldberg, and Timothy I. Stevenson.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Karyn Kusama\" height=\"482\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/Karyn-Kusama.webp?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.3195020746887967\" width=\"636\"><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Karyn Kusama\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-lightbox data-uri=\"Karyn-Kusama.webp\" height=\"482\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1.3195020746887967\" width=\"636\"><figcaption><span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Everett Collection via Variety<\/cite><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As for the games, the next Life is Strange entry is set to release on 26th March, across Xbox Series X\/S, PC and PlayStation 5. It&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/life-is-strange-reunion-will-be-the-thrilling-finale-to-the-max-and-chloe-saga-coming-march\">known as Reunion<\/a>, and as the name suggests, reunites Chloe and Max.<\/p>\n<p>I went hands-on with Life of Strange: Reunion earlier this year. &#8220;I felt genuinely emotional seeing the two girls who I thought had said their final goodbye to each other back together again\u2026 I just hope the rest of Life is Strange: Reunion&#8217;s story holds the same gravitas and momentum, so that this reunion can really stick its final landing,&#8221; I wrote in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/life-is-strange-reuinion-preview-chloe-return-fan-service\">Eurogamer&#8217;s Life is Strange: Reunion preview<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Life is Strange TV series lands Yellowjackets and Jennifer&#8217;s Body director for first episodes Arcadia Raiders. 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