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Tell Me a Story

TV·2018–2020·Paramount+·Drama, Thriller·54m·6.2·Created by Kevin Williamson

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Tell Me a Story takes the world's most beloved fairy tales and reimagines them as a dark and twisted psychological thriller. Set in modern-day New York City, the first season of this serialized drama interweaves The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, and Hansel and Gretel into an epic and subversive tale of love, loss, greed, revenge, and murder.

Cast

Eka DarvilleEka DarvilleBeau MorrisPaul WesleyPaul WesleyTucker ReedCarrie-Anne MossCarrie-Anne MossRebecca PruittAshley MadekweAshley MadekweSimone GarlandMatt LauriaMatt LauriaJackson PruittOdette AnnableOdette AnnableMaddie PruittNatalie Alyn LindNatalie Alyn LindAshley Rose PruittDanielle CampbellDanielle CampbellOlivia Moon

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