Apple TV thriller Lucky teases Drew Starkey and Anya Taylor-Joy fighting ghosts of the past

Apple TV's upcoming thriller Lucky, which will premiere on July 15, 2026, will follow Anna Taylor-Joy as the show's titular character, who, contrary to her name, isn't as lucky.

Article Summary:

• The teaser trailer for Lucky that was released on June 3, 2026, reveals the titular character forced back into a life of crime after her husband disappears along with stolen mob money.
• The series premieres on Apple TV on July 15, 2026.
• The trailer introduces characters played by Timothy Olyphant, Drew Starkey, and Annette Bening.
• The show is expected to be a crime thriller with themes of family betrayal, mob conflicts, and the fight to survive as Lucky attempts to escape her past alive.

Lucky trailer teases mob threats, secrets, and the fight for survival

Parents usually raise children to be upstanding citizens, have ambitious careers, and be morally good. But that wasn't the case for Lucky's father, John Armstrong (played by Timothy Olyphant). As the teaser trailer reveals, John raised his daughter in a life of crime and prepared her for the same. She has already lived a part of her life as a criminal and left that part behind, but has to now go back to it. Her only wish? To get out of it alive.

The trailer reveals that Lucky and her husband, Cary (played by Drew Starkey), stole money from his mother, Priscilla Matheson (played by Annette Bening), who happens to be a dangerous mob leader. What happened next unleashed a series of events that nobody saw coming.

As we hear Lucky say in the trailer, Cary goes missing soon, and so does the money. Priscilla catches up to Lucky, looking for both her son and her money. While she thinks her daughter-in-law must have done something to Cary to have all the money to herself, it seems that she honestly has no clue where her husband or the money is. But as Priscilla says,

"That's the wrong answer."

and we see that Lucky is going to pay for it. However, it is not just the recent incident that is going to hunt her. Something or somebody from her past has returned, and this time it has gone after not only her but her husband as well. Lucky has to do one last job so that she can finally close this dark chapter of her life forever.

Lucky will premiere on Apple TV with the first two episodes on July 15, 2026. The remaining episodes will be released weekly on Wednesdays till August 19, 2026.

The show will also star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Agent Billie Rand, Clifton Collins Jr. as Dutch, Mo McRae as Agent Eli Gates, William Fichtner as Whittaker, Eric Lange as Kershaw, and Joey Graziadei as a police officer.

Created by Jonathan Tropper, Lucky is based on the novel of the same name by Marissa Stapley. Tropper and Cassie Pappas serve as the showrunners and executive producers of the show. Other executive producers of the show are Reese Witherspoon, Lauren Neustadter, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Jonathan Van Tulleken. Tropper Ink, Hello Sunshine, LadyKiller, and Apple Studios are the production companies behind the show.

Lucky premieres on Apple TV on July 15, 2026.

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