HBO had no shortage of popular series and programs in 2019. The film adaptation of “Deadwood” had fans brimming with excitement, while new series’ “Euphoria” and “Watchmen” captured new audiences. And now, for 2020, the network hopes to capture some of the “Big Little Lies” fandom for the upcoming series, “The Undoing.”
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Oscar and Emmy winner Nicole Kidman stars in “The Undoing.” The series is an adaptation of Jean Hanff Korelitz’s book “You Should Have Known, The Undoing,” and is written by David E. Kelley (“Big Little Lies,” “The Practice,” “Ally McBeal“). Susanne Bier, whose film “Bird Box” became a surprise streaming hit on Netflix, will direct the series. The Danish filmmaker received praise for her 2016 series, “The Night Manager” and looks to repeat similar success here. Along with Kidman, the “The Undoing” boasts an accomplished, ensemble cast which includes, Hugh Grant, Donald Sutherland, Edgar Ramirez, Lily Rabe, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Matilda DeAngelis, and Noma Dumezweni.
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The story centers a woman (Kidman) who is living the only life she ever wanted for herself. She’s a successful therapist on the brink of publishing her first book, has a devoted husband and young son who attends an elite private school in New York City. Weeks before her book is published, a chasm opens in her life: a violent death, a missing husband, and, in the place of a man Grace thought she knew, only a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public disaster, and horrified by how she has failed to heed her own advice, Grace must dismantle one life and create another for her child and herself.
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Piquing interest from fans of Kelley, Bier, Kidman and all involved, “The Undoing” looks to be another awards-worthy, must-see series.
“The Undoing” premieres on HBO in May. You can watch the first trailer below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zG1ZQERAlGQ
