Prime Video Announces "Nine Perfect Strangers" Season Two Castings

Nicole Kidman will return, and Henry Golding, Mark Strong, Lena Olin have boarded the cast of NINE PERFECT STRANGERS season 2 as series regulars. Nicole Kidman will once again also executive produce the series. The show hails from David E. Kelley, Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories, Nicole Kidman's Blossom Films, and FIFTH SEASON. FIFTH SEASON is handling distribution on the series as well. Nine Perfect Strangers season 2 will be available to Prime Video customers worldwide, excluding US where it is available on Hulu.

Nicole Kidman CHARACTER: Returning as "Masha"

Nicole Kidman CREDITS: EXPATS & BIG LITTLE LIES

Henry Golding CHARACTER: "Peter"

Henry Golding CREDITS: MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE & OLD GUARD 2

Mark Strong CHARACTER: "David"

Mark Strong CREDITS: 1917 and CRUELLA

Lena Olin CHARACTER: "Helena"

Lena Olin CREDITS: ONE LIFE and THE DARKNESS

About Season One

Season one of "Nine Perfect Strangers" debuted on Prime Video August 2020.

Season one synopsis: Based on The New York Times bestselling book by author Liane Moriarty, "Nine Perfect Strangers" takes place at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this 10-day retreat is the resort's director, Masha, a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. However, these nine "perfect" strangers have no idea what is about to hit them.

Season one cast: Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Bobby Cannavale, Regina Hall, Samara Weaving, Melvin Gregg, Asher Keddie, Grace Van Patten, Tiffany Boone and Manny Jacinto.

"Nine Perfect Strangers" is from David E. Kelley, Bruna Papandrea's Made Up Stories, Nicole Kidman's Blossom Films, and FIFTH SEASON . Jonathan Levine directed all eight episodes, serving as executive producer alongside Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Jodi Matterson for Made Up Stories, Nicole Kidman and Per Saari for Blossom Films, Liane Moriarty, showrunner David E. Kelley, John Henry Butterworth, Molly Allen, Samantha Strauss and Melissa McCarthy. The series is co-written by David E. Kelley, John Henry Butterworth and Samantha Strauss.

ABOUT PRIME VIDEO

Prime Video is a one-stop entertainment destination offering customers a vast collection of premium programming in one application available across thousands of devices. On Prime Video, customers can find their favorite movies, series, documentaries, and live sports - including Amazon MGM Studios-produced series and movies Saltburn, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Reacher, The Boys, and AIR; licensed content including Plane, and The Continental, exclusive entertainment such as ICC Cricket Live Sports; and programming from partners such as Paramount+, BritBox, Hayu and beIN SPORTS via Prime Video Channels add-on subscriptions.  Prime Video is one benefit among many that provides savings, convenience, and entertainment as part of the Prime membership. All Prime Video members can rent or buy titles, including blockbusters such as Barbie and Oppenheimer. Customers can also go behind the scenes of their favorite movies and series with exclusive X-Ray access. For more info visit www.amazon.com/primevideo.

ABOUT MADE UP STORIES

Made Up Stories is a development and production company that amplifies distinctive voices to tell unforgettable stories about the diversity of human experience, driven primarily by multifaceted females on and off-screen. Founded in 2017, and led by Bruna Papandrea, the award-winning producer of the critically acclaimed HBO series BIG LITTLE LIES (eight Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards), Made Up Stories has a global presence with offices in Los Angeles, Sydney and London. On the television side, Made Up Stories premiered five series in 2022, including Netflix's hit shows PIECES OF HER starring Toni Collette and ANATOMY OF A SCANDAL starring Sienna Miller and Michelle Dockery; the anthology ROAR for Apple TV+ starring Nicole Kidman, Cynthia Erivo, Merritt Wever, and Alison Brie; the Spectrum Originals women's basketball drama LONG SLOW EXHALE, starring Rose Rollins; and the genre-bending romantic comedy WOLF LIKE ME starring Isla Fisher and Josh Gad for Peacock and Stan that that premiered its second season on October 19, 2023. They also executive produced their first unscripted series, UNDRESSED, for Paramount+ in Australia last October. Their Prime Video series THE LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART, adapted by Sarah Lambert from Holly Ringland's debut novel, and starring Sigourney Weaver, premiered on August 4, 2023, instantly becoming the most successful Australian Amazon Original launch globally. On December 6, 2023, their comedic drama series STRIFE, inspired by Mia Freedman's memoir 'Work, Strife, Balance' and starring Asher Keddie, will debut on Binge in Australia. Made Up Stories also executive produced THE UNDOING, starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant, which was HBO's most watched series of 2020, and NINE PERFECT STRANGERS, based on best-selling author Liane Moriarty's book, starring Nicole Kidman and Melissa McCarthy, that premiered to great acclaim in August 2021 and immediately became Hulu's most watched original series, ever. The highly anticipated season two of NINE PERFECT STRANGERS started principal photography in January 2024. Made Up Stories are also currently in post production on THE LAST ANNIVERSARY for Binge, based on the New York Times bestseller by Liane Moriarty.

Made Up Stories produced the film adaptation of Netflix's LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE, based on the novel by Jessica Knoll, and starring Mila Kunis, that premiered on October 7, 2022, and was the #1 movie globally on Netflix. Previously, they produced the film adaptation of the inspiring international bestseller, PENGUIN BLOOM, directed by Glendyn Ivin and starring Naomi Watts, Andrew Lincoln and Jacki Weaver, that was released by Netflix, and THE DRY, based on the Jane Harper novel, from director Robert Connolly and starring Eric Bana, released by IFC. Upcoming, Made Up Stories' film adaptation of Jane Harper's FORCE OF NATURE: THE DRY 2, with Eric Bana reprising his role and Robert Connolly directing, premiered with a theatrical release in Australia and New Zealand on February 8, 2024, to be followed by a U.S./worldwide release. Made Up Stories are currently in post production on ADDITION, the debut feature film from award-winning, multi-disciplinary director-designer Marcelle Lunam, based on the international bestseller of the same name by Toni Jordan.

ABOUT BLOSSOM FILMS

Blossom Films, dedicated to fostering creative autonomy and championing artists, was founded in 2010 by Nicole Kidman and Per Saari. Their first film, RABBIT HOLE, an adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning play, was a critical success and garnered Kidman an Academy Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. Blossom found further success in executive-producing seasons one and two of BIG LITTLE LIES, HBO's groundbreaking series, which garnered twenty-one Emmy nominations and eight wins, including Best Actress for Kidman and Best Miniseries or Television Film. In 2020, Blossom's HBO limited series THE UNDOING, written by David E. Kelley and directed by Susanne Bier, shattered records as HBO's most-watched show of 2020. The series picked up a Golden Globe nomination for Best Limited Series, a PGA Nomination for Outstanding Producer of a Limited Series, as well as Golden Globe and SAG nods for Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant. Blossom made the summer hit TV adaptation of Liane Moriarty's best-selling novel NINE PERFECT STRANGERS for Hulu in 2021, which is the most-watched Hulu original ever, as well as the anthology series, ROAR, for Apple in 2022, and the feature film THE FAMILY FANG in 2015. The Blossom produced limited series LOVE AND DEATH, adapted by David E. Kelley and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter, premiered last April on Max as the streamer's biggest original series of 2023 and was nominated for both a BAFTA and Critic's Choice Award for best limited series. Also in 2023, the Taylor Sheridan-created Paramount + series LIONESS debuted as the biggest original show of the year for that streamer. Blossom Films is currently airing the critically acclaimed Amazon television series adaptation of Janice Lee's best-seller EXPATS, directed by Lulu Wang. Blossom is in post-production on the Amazon Studios feature film HOLLAND MICHIGAN, starring Kidman, Gael Garcia Bernal and Matthew Macfadyen, the television series adaptation of Liane Moriarty's THE LAST ANNIVERSARY and the Netflix series THE PERFECT COUPLE, all episodes of which are directed by Susanne Bier. Blossom is currently in production on the second season of NINE PERFECT STRANGERS for Hulu.

ABOUT FIFTH SEASON

FIFTH SEASON is a global leader in the creation, production, financing, and distribution of best-in-class films, series, and documentaries. Combining all the resources of a major studio with unique flexibility, a talent-driven approach, and an integrated ecosystem of internal teams and partner companies, the creative powerhouse executes custom strategies to maximize the value of its owned and third-party projects. FIFTH SEASON's varied film slate includes hit ensemble comedies 80 for Brady and the Book Club franchise, multiple Academy Award(R) nominee The Lost Daughter, award-winning musical In the Heights, William Oldroyd's Eileen, and Michael Bay's Ambulance. The studio has produced such star-driven series as 14 Emmy(R)nominee Severance, Tokyo Vice, Scenes from a Marriage, Life & Beth, Nine Perfect Strangers, and the upcoming Lady in the Lake and Chief of War, while also financing and internationally distributing a library including Killing Eve, The Morning Show, Pachinko, The Night Manager, and Normal People. In documentary, FIFTH SEASON is behind Emmy nominees McCartney 3,2,1, Being Mary Tyler Moore, Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men, and more.