Amazon Prime Video has announced the leads for its adaptation of the video game Life is Strange, with Tatum Grace Hopkins as Max Caulfield and Maisy Stella as Chloe Price. Produced by Amazon MGM Studios with Margot Robbie's LuckyChap and others, the series—greenlit in September 2025—follows the duo uncovering town mysteries via Max's time-rewinding power. (Variety, GamesRadar+)
The casting news broke on March 3, 2026, via reports from Variety and GamesRadar+, confirming Tatum Grace Hopkins as Max Caulfield and Maisy Stella as Chloe Price. This adaptation of Dontnod Entertainment's 2015 game (published by Square Enix) is for Amazon Prime Video, produced by Amazon MGM Studios in collaboration with Story Kitchen and LuckyChap Entertainment (Margot Robbie's company).
Charlie Covell (The End of the F***ing World) is showrunner, writer, and executive producer. Additional executive producers: Dmitri M. Johnson, Michael Lawrence Goldberg, and Timothy I. Stevenson (Story Kitchen). The logline follows photography student Max discovering time-rewinding to save childhood friend Chloe; they probe a student's disappearance, exposing their town's dark secrets and a life-or-death choice.
Hopkins debuts on TV after theater work (Broadway's The Queen of Versailles, For the Girls) and the short Meek (2024 Montclair Film Festival). Stella (b. Dec. 13, 2003) played Daphne Conrad on all six seasons of ABC's Nashville with sister Lennon Stella; her film My Old Ass (opp. Aubrey Plaza) won her an Independent Spirit Award for Best Breakthrough Performance and Critics' Choice for Best Young Actor/Actress. She performs in country duo The Stellas.
No release date is set, but production advances. Covell said: "It's a huge honor to be adapting 'Life is Strange' for Amazon MGM Studios. I am a massive fan of the game, and I'm thrilled to be working with the incredible teams at Square Enix, Story Kitchen, and LuckyChap. I can't wait to share Max and Chloe's story with fellow players and new audiences alike."
The news coincides with Life is Strange: Reunion—the franchise conclusion for Max and Chloe—launching March 26, 2026, on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.
