A new report reveals that a Succession lead will headline an upcoming period drama series in development at Netflix. The actor will appear both on screen and behind the scenes as executive producer for the project.
New report says Jeremy Strong to lead the cast of Netflix series Crossroads
Jeremy Strong is set to star in and executive-produce a series adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s novel Crossroads, currently in development at Netflix, according to a February 5, 2026, exclusive report from Variety.
The project comes from Media Res, with Amy Herzog attached as writer and executive producer. Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer of Media Res, along with Franzen, will also executive produce.
The series presents “a darkly funny, epic American family drama set in the early 1970s” and follows “a Midwestern pastor and his family” as a church scandal causes their lives to unravel. Jonathan Franzen published the novel in 2021 as the first installment of his planned trilogy, A Key to All Mythologies.
If Netflix moves forward with Crossroads, Jeremy Strong will add another major literary adaptation to his lineup at the streamer. He is currently filming The Boys From Brazil, based on the novel by Ira Levin. He also plans to star in the Paramount+ limited series 9/12. The series follows a landmark legal case involving 9/11 first responders.
Strong played Kendall Roy in HBO’s Succession, a role that earned him an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for best actor in a drama series in 2022. In 2025, he received his first Academy Award for portraying Roy Cohn in The Apprentice. His additional film credits include Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, The Big Short, Zero Dark Thirty, and Parkland.
Herzog’s television work includes Scenes From a Marriage and Savant. She has received Tony nominations for Mary Jane and An Enemy of the People in 2024, and for A Doll’s House in 2023. Her play 4000 Miles was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2013.
Originally reported by Anubhav Chaudhry on ComingSoon.net.
