‘Nine Perfect Strangers’: Melissa McCarthy Joins Nicole Kidman In Hulu Adaptation Of ‘Big Little Lies’ Author’s Novel
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Welcome to Tranquillum House,Melissa McCarthy.
That’s the name of the fictional health-and-wellness facility inNine Perfect Strangers, an upcoming Hulu series based on the latest novel fromBig Little LiesauthorLiane Moriarty.Big Little LiesveteranNicole Kidmanhas already been cast as the overseer of the facility, and McCarthy will play one of nine people who show up searching for a little R&R…only to discover that things may not be quite what they seem.
Deadlinereports that McCarthy has joined theNine Perfect Strangerscast alongside Kidman, marking the actresses big return to television for the first time since her CBS sitcomMike & Mollywent off the air in 2016. (There were also those famousSaturday Night Liveappearances as Sean Spicer, but those don’t really count.) McCarthy will play the character of Frances Welty; here’s how theAmazonsynopsis describes her:
Frances Welty, the formerly best-selling romantic novelist, arrives at Tranquillum House nursing a bad back, a broken heart, and an exquisitely painful paper cut. She’s immediately intrigued by her fellow guests. Most of them don’t look to be in need of a health resort at all. But the person that intrigues her most is the strange and charismatic owner/director of Tranquillum House. Could this person really have the answers Frances didn’t even know she was seeking? Should Frances put aside her doubts and immerse herself in everything Tranquillum House has to offer – or should she run while she still can?
It’s not long before every guest at Tranquillum House is asking exactly the same question.
As previously reported,Big Little Lieshead honchoDavid E. Kelleywill be co-writing this series withJohn Henry Butterworth(Edge of Tomorrow) andSamantha Strauss(Dance Academy), and is co-showrunning alongside Butterworth.BrunaPapandrea,Steve Hutensky,Casey Haver,Per Saari, Kidman, and now McCarthy will all executive produce. The series is expected to arrive on Hulu sometime in 2021 due to the busy schedules of everyone involved, but in the meantime, check out Kidman’s fellowBig Little Liesstar Reese Witherspoon in her own Hulu show,Little Fires Everywhere, when that arrives on June 16, 2025.
