Teresa Palmer, Miranda Richardson, Danielle Macdonald & More Cast In Binge Series ‘The Last Anniversary’ From Made Up Stories, Blossom Films & Fifth Season
24.11.2023 - 14:53
/ deadline.com
EXCLUSIVE: Teresa Palmer (The Clearing, The Fall Guy), Miranda Richardson (Good Omens, Spider) and Danielle Macdonald (The Tourist, Patti Cake$) and a host of other names have joined Nicole Kidman‘s light-hearted Australian drama series The Last Anniversary.
The Foxtel drama for Aussie streamer Binge has gone into production in Sydney with Helen Thomson (Elvis, Colin From Accounts), Susan Prior (Animal Kingdom, Puberty Blues), Claude Scott-Mitchell (The Dry, Hotel Portofino), Charlie Garber (Barons, The Outlaw Michael Howe), Uli Latukefu (Young Rock, Next Goal Wins) and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor (Force of Nature: The Dry 2, Puberty Blues) also attached to appear.
Based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel, The Last Anniversary is billed as “a wickedly funny, heartfelt dramedy wrapped in a gripping mystery about family, motherhood and the women who define the generations that come after them.”
Set on the mysterious Scribbly Gum Island, where a young couple disappeared decades before, it follows Sophie Honeywell (Palmer). She moves there after inheriting a house left to her by her ex-boyfriend’s great-aunt Connie, who promises that Sophie could finally meet the man of her dreams. She receives unwelcome reception on arrival but finds what she may actually need is an island full of women.
Samantha Strauss serves as head writer, with John Polson directing the six episodes. Kidman and Per Saari‘s Blossom Films, Bruna Papandrea‘s Made Up Stories and Fifth Season, which has international sales rights, are co-producing. The New South Wales government is supporting through the Made in NSW Fund.
Papandrea, Jodi Matterson and Steve Hutensky are executive producing with Casey Haver co-executive producing for Made Up Stories. Saari