Right here’s an enormous little replace on Large Little Lies: Creator David E. Kelley is “hopeful” that we’ll get a 3rd season of the HBO drama.
Kelley informed Individuals on the latest Gotham TV Awards in New York Metropolis that everybody “may be very dedicated” to the concept of a Large Little Lies Season 3.
“We’re hoping it occurs,” he mentioned. “We had a good time doing the primary two seasons, and all of us wish to do it once more. I’m hopeful it’ll occur.”
Not one of the stars of Large Little Lies — a solid that features Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Zoë Kravitz, Laura Dern, and Shailene Woodley — is below contract but, Kelley defined. He mentioned the trick is to “corral quite a lot of high-caliber expertise and their publicists.”
And that high-caliber expertise additionally consists of Liane Moriarty, creator of the 2014 novel Large Little Lies, who has written a guide upon which Season 3 can be based mostly, Kelley revealed.
“We haven’t actually all gotten collectively to brainstorm but, however once more, it’s a terrific steady of expertise,” he mentioned. “As soon as we do [get together], I believe we’ve got a great shot of figuring it out.”
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Large Little Lies’ first season debuted in 2017 and adopted 5 girls linked to a murder in Monterey, California, with Kelley scripting and Jean-Marc Vallée directing every episode.
The second season, based mostly on a novella by Moriarty, handled the fallout of that crime, with Meryl Streep taking part in the mom of the deceased. That season premiered in 2019, with Kelley penning every teleplay and Andrea Arnold helming every episode.
Francesca Orsi, the chief vice chairman who oversees HBO’s drama collection and movies, informed Selection this February she “couldn’t wait to get began” on Large Little Lies Season 3.
“However we want the rest of the guide,” Orsi mentioned. “Now we have 150 pages in, and [Moriarty] is doubling down, trying to end it. There’s quite a lot of eagerness from each HBO and the manufacturing crew, and as quickly because it’s finished, she’ll hand it over and we’ll adapt it. However till then, we simply have to take a seat tight.”
And this spring, Kravitz informed Elle that “everybody” needs to do a 3rd season. “We’re like, ‘Name us and inform us when and the place.’ That will be wonderful if that might occur this 12 months — I might be over the moon.”