Apple TV Plus’ Margo’s Got Money Troubles series is ‘set in the world of OnlyFans with a wrestling twist'

Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman will reportedly star in this A24 series

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Apple TV Plusis set to add an exciting new series calledMargo’s Got Money Troublesto its portfolio that will star Elle Fanning (The Roads Not Taken, Neon Demon) and Nicole Kidman in leading roles, according toDeadline.

Based on a soon-to-be-published book by author Rufi Thorpe,Margo’s Got Money Troubleswill follow the story of Margo Millet (played by Elle Fanning), a young woman with a Hooters waitress mother and ex-professional wrestler father called Jinx. Deadline describes the upcoming series as “set in the world of OnlyFans with a wrestling twist” and if that hasn’t piqued your interests enough, then the plot for it surely will.

The story goes like this: Margo enrolls at a junior college and ends up having an affair with one of her professors, which leads to her getting pregnant. As she grapples with the responsibilities of young adulthood, including caring for a baby without a job and on the brink of eviction, she decides to launch an OnlyFans account as a last ditch attempt to make money. Guided by her estranged father Jinx’s wrestling wisdom, she becomes an online sensation but then must deal with the complexities that come from internet stardom and a life lived online.

There’s no official word about when to expect theMargo’s Got Money Troublesseries,but Rufi Thorpe’s book will be released by HarperCollins imprint William Morrow on June 11.

Another A24-produced series? We’ll take it

Deadline reports thatAppleTV Plus outbid a number of competitors, includingNetflix, to acquireMargo’s Got Money Troubles, underscoring Apple’s commitment to adding high-quality content to its streaming platform, and pulling in exciting new stories and big names to make sure it’s a success.

But will it be a success? It’s too early to tell. But it certainly bodes well thatMargo’s Got Money Troubleshas been greenlit for a straight-to-series order. It also has an impressive production team, including Kidman as executive producer, David E. Kelley as showrunner and potential co-writer, as well as Elle and Dakota Fanning’s Lewellen Pictures, with A24 as the studio handling production duties.

If that name sounds familiar, it’s because A24 already has a track record for producing some of the best TV shows of the past few years, as it’s the studio behind hit TV showsBeefon Netflix and HBO’sEuphoria.It also produced and distributed some of our favorite movies, too, likeEverything, Everywhere All At OnceandMidsommar.

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This is the latest in a string of excitingnew projects from A24. In late 2023,Varietyreported that the studio had bought the rights to Paris Hilton’s recent book,Paris: The Memoir, with similar plans to adapt it into a series. Just likeMargo’s Got Money Troubles,both Elle and Dakota Fanning are lined up to executive produce the series about Paris' life as Lewellen Pictures.

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Becca is a contributor to TechRadar, a freelance journalist and author. She’s been writing about consumer tech and popular science for more than ten years, covering all kinds of topics, including why robots have eyes and whether we’ll experience the overview effect one day. She’s particularly interested in VR/AR, wearables, digital health, space tech and chatting to experts and academics about the future. She’s contributed to TechRadar, T3, Wired, New Scientist, The Guardian, Inverse and many more. Her first book, Screen Time, came out in January 2021 with Bonnier Books. She loves science-fiction, brutalist architecture, and spending too much time floating through space in virtual reality.

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