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Ordered to series at HBO

posted 10 years ago by TheBayHarborButcher
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http://deadline.com/2015/05/big-little-lies-nicole-kidman-reese-witherspoon-hbo-limited-series-1201423026/

HBO has ordered Big Little Lies to series with Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman attached to star in the series.

[–] mybella-49714 9 years ago

Thanks for the link, so happy HBO is doing this series, they are the best!

[–] luca-altair 9 years ago

Any word on how many episodes they ordered?

[–] MyMovieTVRomance 9 years ago

I wonder if this will be a seasonal series or will it be a mini-series, like MILDRED PIERCE was?

Great cast, but the fact that bona fide movie stars are turning to TV these days is not a good sign for the film industry.

Please excuse typos/funny wording; I use speech-recognition that doesn't always recognize!

[–] TheBayHarborButcher 9 years ago

If the show is a success my guess is they will probably try to turn it into an anthology type series with a new cast and new story line each season.

[–] johnhelv 9 years ago

Bayharborbutcher might be correct, an anthology series might be a possibility. I have my doubts though since it is based on a book. Big Little Lies would have been a two hour movie 5 years ago, the film industry did this do themselves by not making the 50 million dollar adult drama.

[–] kierahillmin 9 years ago

Great cast, but the fact that bona fide movie stars are turning to TV these days is not a good sign for the film industry.

The film industry did this to themselves by mostly relying on sequels, superhero flicks, idiotic comedies, and mindless action thrillers. The fact is now TV is better. They tell better and more complex stories, and on top of that they give actors roles that they can really sink their teeth into. This is especially true for women, especially older women. If you're not younger than 40 you're going to have a hard time getting roles. It's so strange to me that they cast these actresses in their 20's to play love interests of men in their 40's. I love Jennifer Lawrence, but she's constantly getting cast in roles that should go to an older actress. These days there's very few good movies that come out each year. The quality of TV can now rival that of film. A lot of shows (particularly on cable) have a cinematic feel to them. TV isn't slowing down in quality anytime soon.

This game is rigged man. We're like the little b!tches on the chess board-Bodie

[–] Chinoiserie 9 years ago

The film industry did this to themselves by mostly relying on sequels, superhero flicks, idiotic comedies, and mindless action thrillers

There are the only reliable films at the box office these days with mid-sized budget or more. The audience did this, people do want watch dramas in their homes these days and they do not care about stars.

[–] johnhelv 9 years ago

There are the only reliable films at the box office these days with mid-sized budget or more. The audience did this, people do want watch dramas in their homes these days and they do not care about stars.

Maybe the audience does deserve a little bit of the blame but the film industry pretty much decided that they did not want to make the 50 million adult thriller/drama and spend 20 million marketing in order to maybe get 95 million at the US boxoffice because those films dont sell well overseas. The audience found what they were missing on cable TV or streaming (Netflix). The fact that the film industry did not want to make a movie based on Big Little Lies starring Witherspoon, Kidman and Woodley pretty much says all you need to know about the state of the film industry.

[–] ooCathrynoo 9 years ago

So excited for this! Kind of cool that they're doing it as a series instead of a movie--hopefully that way it stays very true to the book. :)

[–] jerseyd1 9 years ago

Don't get your hopes up...