Samara Weaving Joins ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ Hulu Limited Series

Will Thorne Staff WriterThe cast of “Nine Perfect Strangers” just keeps on getting more perfect and strange.Michel Shannon is the latest name to sign on for the Hulu series, joining previously announced cast members Melissa McCarthy, Nicole Kidman, Manny Jacinto, Luke Evans, and  Tiffany Boone, among others.The show, which was received a greenlight from by Hulu over a year ago, is based on the book of the same name by “Big Little Lies” author Liane Moriarty.

Emmy-nominated first season,, is back for a second installment,, with Welsh actor Luke Evans reprising his role as John Moore, a cartoonist-turned-reporter who teams up with alienist Dr.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: Michael Shannon is set as a lead opposite Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy in Hulu’s tentpole limited series Nine Perfect Strangers. Based on Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty’s latest book, the project is from David E.

Jonathan Levine is returning to TV with “Nine Perfect Strangers,” an upcoming star-studded Hulu limited series based on Liane Moriarty‘s book of the same name. READ MORE: ‘Helstrom’ First-Look Photos: The Last Remnant Of Marvel TV’s Run Arrives On Hulu In October Levine will direct a cast which includes Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Samara Weaving, Luke Evans, and more.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorWarm Bodies helmer Jonathan Levine is set to direct all eight episodes of Hulu’s anticipated tentpole limited series Nine Perfect Strangers, starring Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Samara Weaving, Luke Evans, Melvin Gregg, Grace Van Patten and Tiffany Boone. Levine also will executive produce the series, based on Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty’s book, which hails from David E.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJonathan Levine has signed on to direct all eight episodes of the upcoming Hulu series adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s “Nine Perfect Strangers.”Levine will also executive produce the series, which features an all-star cast including Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Samara Weaving, Luke Evans, Melvin Gregg, Grace Van Patten, and Tiffany Boone.Levine most recently directed the feature comedy “Long Shot” starring Charlize Theron and Seth Rogen.

Also Read: 'Nine Perfect Strangers': Samara Weaving Boards Hulu Limited Series Opposite Nicole KidmanDavid E. Kelley and “Edge of Tomorrow” screenwriter John Henry Butterworth will serve as showrunners on “Nine Perfect Strangers,” co-writing the series alongside Samantha Strauss.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Hunters star Tiffany Boone is set as a lead opposite Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy in Hulu’s tentpole limited series Nine Perfect Strangers, based on Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty’s latest book, from David E.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorFX has put in development 81 Words, a limited series about gay rights pioneers Frank Kameny and Barbara Gittings, from Pose co-creator Steven Canals, Pal Pictures and 20th Century Fox TV.Written by Canals, 81 Words is based on Alix Spiegel’s award-winning This American Life episode, “81 Words,” and soon-to-be-released PBS Independent Lens documentary, Cured.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Grace Van Patten is set as a lead opposite Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy in Hulu’s tentpole limited series Nine Perfect Strangers, based on Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty’s latest book, from David E.

From Netflix film The Babysitter to its latest dazzling period series Hollywood to black comedy Ready Or Not and upcoming film Snake Eyes, the 28-year-old is making a name for herself overseas.

Also Read: Luke Evans Cast in Hulu Limited Series 'Nine Perfect Strangers'The show is expected to premiere on Hulu in 2021.David E. Kelley will co-write and serve as co-showrunner on the series alongside “Edge of Tomorrow” screenwriter John Henry Butterworth.

It’s interesting the talk of, “is it a series or is it a film?” that dominates film culture when a great filmmaker does something in the realm of television. David Lynch is really seen as a forerunner in the film-to-TV transition because of “Twin Peaks,” the ’90s version, and the more recent Showtime return, but Ingmar Bergman was already out there in the 1970s.

Pete Hammond, Dominic Patten With voting for this year’s Emmy nominations coming into the final stretch, today’s episode of our Deadline weekly podcast, TV Talk , once again dives into a handicap of some key races, in this case for Best Limited Series  and Best Movie Made For Television.  Among top contenders in the uber-crowded Limited Series race are so many top quality productions that TV Critic Dominic Patten has his own list , and Awards Columnist and Chief Film Critic Pete Hammond

Joe Otterson TV ReporterOscar Isaac and Michelle Williams are attached to star in an HBO limited series adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s “Scenes From a Marriage,” Variety has learned.Bergman’s version aired on Swedish television in 1973, consisting of six episodes. Bergman directed the series with Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson starring.

Denise Petski Senior Managing EditorHBO has given a green light to Scenes From a Marriage, a limited series adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s classic series, starring and executive produced by Oscar Isaac and Michelle Williams, from Our Boys and The Affair co-creator Hagai Levi, Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res and Endeavor Content.Written and directed by Levi, the series adaptation re-examines the show’s iconic depiction of love, hatred, desire, monogamy, marriage and divorce through the lens of a

Lena Horne will be the focus of a new limited series at Showtime.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterShowtime is developing a limited series about entertainment icon and activist Lena Horne.The series is currently titled “Blackbird: Lena Horne and America,” named for Horne’s favorite poem “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.” Jenny Lumet, Horne’s granddaughter, will co-write the first few episodes of the series with Alex Kurtzman, with both also executive producing.The series will span 60 years of Horne’s life, from dancing at the Cotton Club when she was 16,

Peter White Television EditorThe life of entertainer and activist Lena Horne is to be turned into a limited series by Showtime with Alex Kurtzman and her granddaughter Jenny Lumet.The ViacomCBS-backed cable network is developing Blackbird: Lena Horne and America and will tell her story from dancing at the Cotton Club when she was 16, through World War II and stardom of the MGM years, McCarthyism, the civil rights movement and her triumphant return to Broadway.It will explore her relationships