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Max has picked up a new scripted law enforcement drama from Tomorrow Studios, a joint venture with ITV Studios known for “One Piece” and “Snowpiercer.”

The untitled project, which is being developed through a first look deal with Liz Garbus and Dan Cogan’s Story Syndicate and is loosely inspired by the life story of Geraldine Hart, follows a legendary FBI agent who returns to her hometown on Long Island to clean up mob corruption and quickly finds that the rot is even deeper and darker than she thought. Before long, she finds herself facing down nefarious entities from all sides.

In addition to Hart, Garbus and Cogan, the series is executive produced by Tomorrow Studios’ Marty Adelstein, Becky Clements and Alissa Bachner, Story Syndicate’s Nellie Reed, Eileen Myers, Anne Beagan and Anne Beagan Productions’ Stacey Sherman. Myers serves as writer on the project, while Garbus directs.

Hart most...

In Monsieur Spade, Clive Owen plays Sam Spade the private detective at the heart of 1941's The Maltese Falcon but the AMC series isn't the actor's only contemporary noir series that's worth watching. A few months before Monsieur Spade's premiere, Owen appeared in Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij's A Murder at the End of the World, a psychological thriller that sees the actor in a much different, though equally compelling, role. Seemingly, Monsieur Spade, the stealth Maltese Falcon sequel, might have made a bigger splash for the actor, especially since he's tasked with channeling Hollywood icon Humphrey Bogart.

Like any good continuation, Monsieur Spade reveals what happened after Maltese Falcon, with Owen's version of the private detective relocating to an estate in rural France. Although Spade is eager to enjoy his retirement, the brutal murder of six nuns at a local convent pulls Sam back into the murder-mystery game.

While in development for the Amazon Prime drama “Expats,” creator, writer and director Lulu Wang knew she had to pay tribute to the lives lost during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre. Having been in China at that time as a child, she remembers how scared she was when her father nearly left to join the protest which ultimately led to the death of hundreds.

“My father was supposed to go to this protest and my mother said to him a speech, which is in the show. She said, ‘Out there, you are an ant. You can give your life and it will not make that big of a difference. They’ll forget about you. But you’re my whole world, and you’re Lulu’s whole world,'” Wang said during Variety‘s Night in the Writers Room on June 13. “I said to the studio and I said to [Nicole Kidman], ‘If I do this series,...

Sam Neill and Annette Bening headline mystery thriller Apples Never Fall, which the BBC has picked up.

The latest adaptation to spring from a book by Lianne Moriarty is the number one New York Times bestselling book Apples Never Fall, which has been acquired by the BBC for broadcast in the UK.

It’ll star Sam Neill and Annette Bening as a pair of middle-aged tennis coaches whose happy lives are turned upside down by a woman’s mysterious disappearance.

The synopsis reads as follows:

Apples Never Fall centres on the seemingly picture-perfect Delaney family. Former tennis coaches Stan (Sam Neill) and Joy (Annette Bening) have sold their successful tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. While they look forward to spending time with their four adult children, everything changes when a wounded young woman knocks on Joy and Stan’s door,...

The BBC has acquired the Peacock family whodunit Apples Never Fall, starring Annette Bening and Sam Neill, for its TV channels and streaming service BBC iPlayer. The U.K. public broadcaster said Monday that it will air the show later this year.

The limited drama series is based on Liane Moriarty’s (Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers) bestselling novel of the same name. Writer, showrunner and executive producer Melanie Marnich adapted the story into a seven-part drama produced by Heyday Television, which is part of Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group. Peacock is also part of Comcast-owned NBCUniversal.

Apples Never Fall centers on the seemingly picture-perfect Delaney family. Former tennis coaches Stan and Joy have sold their successful tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. While they look forward to spending time with their four adult children,...

Exclusive: ScreenCraft has finalized the lineup for its annual Virtual Writers Summit.

The summit, which is expected to span the entire month of June this year, will feature creatives including Richard Linklater, Issa Lopez, Lulu Wang, Quinta Brunson, Nkechi Okoro Carroll, and Sean Wang.

Typically, the summit has occurred over one weekend. However, this year boasts the largest lineup ever, thus resulting in panels over the course of the month on June 8, 15, 22, and 29.

“This marks the fifth year we have organized our annual writers summit virtually and, undeniably, the strongest lineup we have ever put together,” Thomas Dever, VP of Business Development for Industry Arts, ScreenCraft’s parent company, said in a statement. “We are thrilled to hear from these incredible speakers and bring them together with our audience to educate and inspire.”

See the full schedule below.

June 8

Headline Speaker – Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) Letting Authenticity Guide Your Story,...

NBCUniversal’s Emmy FYC House is set to return for its third annual pop-up activation at The Aster in Los Angeles from May 16 through May 22.

Additionally, on Wednesday night, Peacock will host their official FYC event for “The Traitors,” a reality show where contestants move into a castle and compete on challenges to earn money for a prize pot. The event will take place at the Ebell in Los Angeles. The panelist list includes host/producer Alan Cumming, as well as exec producer Toni Ireland and Sam Spector, the wardrobe stylist.

At the Aster, the NBCU FYC Emmy showcase features brands including Peacock, NBC, Bravo and Universal Studio Group. The event aims to highlight creatives from their Emmy-eligible shows.

There will be opportunities for TV Academy and guild members to look at props, costumes and behind-the-scenes photos from various series.

Confirmed guests include Alison Brie, Andy Cohen, Carson Daly, Chance the Rapper,...

What started off as a creative fantasy story unintentionally became hyperrealistic in Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij’s hit limited series A Murder at the End of the World.

The writing duo, who also served as co-creators, directors and EPs of the FX series, sat down at Deadline’s Contenders TV event Sunday to discuss the inspiration behind the mystery.

Marling explained that the idea of the tech retreat came to them back in 2019, after several of their own friends had gone through similar experiences, describing how interesting she found it that “Everyone’s so willing to surrender to the largess of the billionaire, but what are the billionaire’s intentions?”

At the time, artificial intelligence was nowhere near where it is today, with several of their own friends attempting to discourage them from making it so central to the plot saying “AI’s so far away, do Mars, do this,...

Annette Bening’s first major TV series role has won the five-time Oscar nominee the Best Actress prize at this year’s Series Mania.

Bening was awarded in the past few minutes at the prestigious Lille event for her leading role in Peacock series Apples Never Fall, an adaptation of a novel by Big Little Lies scribe Liane Moriarty.

The coveted grand prize was given to French-Hungarian chess drama Rematch about the historic 1997 chess battle between Garry Kasparov and an Ibm computer. It beat off competition from the likes of Apples Never Fall, MGM+’s Hotel Cocaine and Leonard Cohen show So Long, Marianne.

Apples Never Fall stars Bening as Joy Delaney, a matriarch former tennis coach married to the irritable Stan (Neill), who suddenly goes missing, leaving her four children to piece together everything they thought they knew about their parents.

Speaking to Deadline prior to Series Mania, showrunner...

Across Sam Neill’s illustrious career, the actor has worked with animatronic dinosaurs for “Jurassic Park” and led iconic horror films like “Possession” and “In the Mouth of Madness.” But for “Apples Never Fall,” Neill had a career first: working with a tennis pro to well, play a tennis pro.

Neill admitted that he “needed a lot of help” to convincingly portray tennis coach Stan Delaney.

“I needed a lot of help and I got a lot of help, which is just as well. I’m not the world’s most naturally athletic guy,” Neill told IndieWire. “It’s important for the story that this with an alpha male guy who dominates everyone on the court and requires his children to do the same that he looks like a killer on the court and elsewhere, actually. I needed help and I got it. I hope it’s convincing.”

Neill added,...

Structurally, it was a brilliant conceit having six of the seven episodes of the “Apples Never Fall” limited series (currently streaming on Peacock) revolve around a different family member in this twisted jigsaw puzzle of a mystery. Score one for showrunner Melanie Marnich, who had a lot of bitter-tasting family dynamics to work with in adapting Liane Moriarty’s (“Big Little Lies”) page-turner novel. It’s about the tennis-obsessed Delaneys, who unravel when matriarch Joy (Annette Bening) suddenly disappears and hot-tempered patriarch Stan (Sam Neill) becomes the prime suspect in what eventually becomes a murder investigation.

As a result, their four adult children — Troy (Jake Lacy), Amy (Alison Brie), Logan (Conor Merrigan-Turner), and Brooke (Essie Randles) — are forced to confront their dysfunctional upbringing, competitive natures, and toxic relationships in realizing that they function more like a South Florida cult than a loving family.

For editor Jacquelyn Le, focusing each episode...

Apples Never Fall on Peacock stars Annette Bening, offering a twisty mystery that diverges from the novel with unique character relationships. Changes in the show include Brooke's affair, Stan's implication in Joy's disappearance, and a different ending that still honors the source material. Creator Melanie Marnich's adaptation keeps the spirit of Liane Moriarty's novel alive while adding dramatic twists to engage viewers.

Based on the Liane Moriarty novel of the same name, Apples Never Fall is a mystery drama series that premiered on Peacock on March 14, 2024. The series stars Annette Bening as Joy Delaney, a wife and mother of four children who suddenly disappears, leaving it up to her family members to discover her whereabouts. Although the series has garnered mild reviews, most critics agree that the performances by Bening and the supporting cast members are worth watching.

Of course, when a showrunner adapts a popular novel, inevitable...

Editor’s note: The below contains spoilers for the series finale of “Apples Never Fall.”

Still reeling from that “Apples Never Fall” ending? Well, actor Sam Neill is about to take a bite out of just how that shocking finale came to be – and (surprise) it wasn’t even the original conclusion planned by showrunner Melanie Marnich.

“Apples Never Fall” strayed from the Liane Moriarty novel source material, and due to the WGA strike in 2023, production was halted in Australia. Showunner Marnich told IndieWire that due to the strike, she was no longer on set as a writer and executive producer, but that the directors and actors continued until the SAG-AFTRA strike subsequently went into effect.

“They were true to the scripts which I really appreciated and they were so respectful,” Marnich recalled. “But then the actor strike hit and we of course shut down. Honestly, when we came back,...

This post contains minor spoilers for "Apples Never Fall."

Author Liane Moriarty writes twisty thrillers centered on complex female experiences within distinct socio-cultural settings, and her books have proven to be perfect for small-screen adaptations. Moriarty's "Nine Perfect Strangers," which was adapted by Hulu, explored themes of loss, alienation, and the search for meaning, while her "Big Little Lies" got the grand HBO adaptation treatment with two brilliant seasons (and the possibility of season 3 being still up in the air). Her latest work, "Apples Never Fall," has now been adapted into a brand new Peacock series of the same name developed by Melanie Marnich, who saw immense potential in translating Moriarty's challenging material for television.

Marnich experienced some issues during the adaptation process, as she considers Moriarty's book "an embarrassment of riches" where it was "really, really hard to figure out what served the momentum of the show and...

Chances are you have heard of author Lianne Moriarty. If you haven’t read her novels, you likely have seen the series based on her books Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers. Comprised of ensemble casts involved in intricate murder mysteries, these series are a blend of dark comedy and biting melodrama and have become big hits thanks to stars ranging from Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, and more. Now, Moriarty’s recent novel Apples Never Fall becomes the latest to be adapted as a limited series (read our review).

Apples Never Fall follows the Delaney family, led by Stan (Sam Neill) and Joy (Annette Bening). Running a tennis club in Florida, the Delaneys are parents to Troy (Jake Lacy), Amy (Alison Brie), Logan (Conor Merrigan Turner), and Brooke (Essie Randles). Empty nesters who have just retired, Stan and Joy welcome in stranger Savannah (Georgia Flood) whose presence...

The Liane Moriarty cinematic universe has now come to Peacock, but how does one adapt the author behind “Big Little Lies” and “Nine Perfect Strangers” work for the screen?

“Apples Never Fall” showrunner Melanie Marnich told IndieWire that maintaining beloved novelist Moriarty’s “page-turner energy” was key for adapting the twisted family drama starring Annette Bening and Sam Neill.

“The pacing of those kinds of moments was to make the TV show have the same page-turner energy of the book,” Marnich said. “It was something I had to really be aware of. In the writer’s room, we worked really hard to craft the sort of constant turn of the story. It was so juicy. I’m a huge fan of Liane. I really, really worked to capture that same page turner energy in the show to keep things moving, but also never at the sacrifice of character development.”

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The finale of “Apples Never Fall” on Peacock fills in all the gaps left behind by the six episodes before it by pulling back the curtains of what happened to missing matriarch Joy Delaney (Annette Bening) from her own perspective.

After Joy, mother and core of the Delaney family, goes missing, her husband Stan (Sam Neill) and four children — Amy (Alison Brie), Troy (Jake Lacy), Logan (Conor Merrigan Turner) and Brooke (Essie Randles) — are forced to hash out long-simmering resentments and regrets while trying to figure out where Joy went.

The series is divided into standalone episodes through each family member’s perspective, with Stan and Joy’s episodes being the climactic final two as the mystery finally comes together.

“Getting to the Joy and Stan of it, what is true is how many of us kids ever see our parents as people? Of course, you have the kid episodes,...

Savannah's open ending sets up a potential season 2 of Apples Never Fall, focusing on her unresolved story as a con artist on the run. While season 2 could explore Savannah's revenge plot from the book, it may lack the unexpected connection with the Delaneys seen in season 1. Creator Melanie Marnich believes the story from the book is "fully told" in season 1, so a second season is unlikely to happen.

Apples Never Fall already has the perfect story for season 2, but it won’t have the same impact as the first batch of episodes. Based on Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name, Apples Never Fall chronicles the Delaney family’s response to the disappearance of their mother, Joy. The mystery surrounding Joy is solved during Apples Never Fall’s ending, but the Peacock series leaves some threads open-ended.

In particular, the fate of one of Apples Never Fall’s main characters is left unknown.

Spoiler Alert: This story contains major spoilers for “Apples Never Fall,” now streaming on Peacock.

Known for her twisty and darkly humorous thrillers, Liane Moriarty is the author behind the source material for TV hits like HBO’s “Big Little Lies” and Hulu’s “Nine Perfect Strangers.” Like many of her stories, the newest Moriarty adaptation — Peacock’s “Apples Never Fall” — is centered on a suspenseful mystery, but showrunner Melanie Marnich was just as interested in what the author had to say about the complexities of family dynamics.

“You have to know these people love each other, otherwise they can’t cause each other pain,” Marnich told Variety at an early screening event for the series. “There’s a phrase in [Moriarty’s] book that’s something like: ‘You can love somebody and hate somebody. Both things can be true.’ You can look across the table at your husband, your wife or...

From pizza nights to tennis lessons to an Annette Bening film festival, the cast of Peacock’s “Apples Never Fall” was determined to bond like a really family. At Tuesday night’s premiere, Bening, Sam Neill, Jake Lacy and more shared their favorite memories from shooting the series in Australia and how they got into their respective characters.

Based on “Big Little Lies” author Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name, “Apples Never Fall” follows former tennis coaches Stan (Neill) and Joy (Bening) Delaney, who sell their tennis academy and hope to spend more time with their adult children. But things take a turn when a mysterious young woman knocks on their door and enters their lives. When Joy suddenly disappears, her children must re-examine their parents’ marriage as their family’s darkest secrets begin to surface.

Developing that family dynamic both on-and-off screen was vital to bringing the story to life,...

Apples Never Fall is a fascinating tonal balancing act. The latest mystery thriller to come to Peacock, the series focuses on the Delaney family in the aftermath of their matriarch, Joy (Annette Bening), going missing. As her grown children try to figure out the circumstances that led to her disappearance, they are forced to contend with lingering questions about their family as well as their own secrets. However, the biggest surprise of the show is how unexpectedly funny it can be. The character drama often shifts gears, without warning, to illicit a solid laugh.

One of the main creatives behind the series, Melanie Marnich, has plenty of experience with complicated family dramas in shows like Big Love and The Affair. However, the unique tonal balancing act at the heart of Apples Never Fall works to the show's benefit, and turns the tense mystery into a surprisingly effective comedy. During an interview with Cbr,...

Apples Never Fall delves into complex family dynamics. The series' mystery is intriguing and presents many twists and turns. Annette Bening and Sam Neill stand out in the talented ensemble

Apples Never Fall presents an engaging mystery that keeps the audience guessing at each turn. Comedic takes on mystery stories are quite popular these days, between the Knives Out franchise, Peacock's own Poker Face, and more. While Apples Never Fall escapes that trend to present a dark mystery that is rooted in several years of trauma, the limited series is just as gripping with its dramatic lenses, making for one of the best television series to debut this year so far.

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Based on the novel by Liane Moriarty (author of Big Little Lies), Apples Never Fall is a mystery-drama series created by Melanie Marnich for Peacock in 2024. The Delaney family seemingly has it all from an outsider's perspective. Still, when...

After a wait of two years, Peacock’s Apples Never Fall is finally arriving. The mystery drama miniseries is based on novelist Liane Moriarty’s original novel of the same name and adapted for screen by Golden Globe-winner Melanie Marnich of The Oa fame. Moriarty is also attached to the project as an executive producer along with Marnich. The plot follows the Delaney family, where Joy and Stan are former tennis coaches who run a successful academy. Following their retirement, when Joy goes missing, their picture-perfect family doesn’t seem perfect anymore and undoes old secrets, and “everything changes when a wounded young woman knocks on Joy and Stan’s door, bringing the excitement they’ve been missing. But when Joy suddenly disappears, her children are forced to re-examine their parents’ so-called perfect marriage as their family’s darkest secrets begin to surface.” Academy Award-nominee Annette Benning (Nyad) and Golden...

By all appearances, Joy (Annette Bening) and Stan Delaney (Sam Neill) have lived an idyllic life. Both were tennis champions in their youth and tennis coaches for decades later. Together, they founded the Delaney Tennis Academy in South Florida, where he helped at least one star pupil go on to win a Grand Slam. Now, they’ve sold the school and are entering retirement, hoping to spend as much time as possible with their four grown kids, Troy (Jake Lacy), Amy (Alison Brie), Logan (Conor Merrigan-Turner), and Brooke (Essie Randles). These are two people who spent their professional lives playing the sport they’ve always loved, and who still found romance, community, and connection at home. They have it all, and every bit of it is pretty darn good.

Or… is it? Like a classic family photo with one concerning detail, the Delaneys’ picturesque portrait fractures when put under sudden,...

Liane Moriarty’s body of work is ripe for TV adaptations, and Peacock’s Apples Never Fall is a perfect illustration of why with a tale so juicy, you’d think it fell right off the tree.

This isn't your run-of-the-mill adaptation, either. This series is a complete package – a beginning, middle, and an oh-so-satisfying end. It's like Moriarty handed us the apple pie, not just the apples.

Every character gets their moment in the sun (or should I say spotlight?), evolving right before our very eyes. Talk about character development goals!

Showrunner and Executive Producer Melanie Marnich says Moriarty captures the essence of love, marriage, and family with raw honesty. “I think she had things to say about the contradictions within love and family, the complexity, the moral complexity within love and family that were just very true.”

Joy and Stan Delaney raised their four children amidst the background...

In the opening scene of Apples Never Fall, Joy Delaney (Annette Bening) takes a leisurely bike ride through West Palm Beach, Florida. She’s got the time, having recently retired after decades of coaching tennis alongside her husband, Stan (Sam Neill). Joy cycles by palm trees and mansions and stops to browse stands of impossibly perfect fruit. But as she passes tennis courts bustling with players, her mouth curves into a wistful frown.

A sense of melancholy nags at the superficial idyll of Joy’s excursion, only to burst into outright dread when we see her bike overturned in the street, its back wheel still spinning and its frame splattered with blood, and Joy nowhere to be found. This scene introduces an alluring air of mystery regarding Joy’s inner life and the nature of her seemingly utopian environment. Unfortunately, that intrigue proves incredibly short-lived—a victim of Apples Never Fall’s plodding pace,...

Exclusive: Melanie Marnich is a huge fan of Big Little Lies scribe Liane Moriarty’s work, but when showrunning an adaptation of Moriarty’s Apples Never Fall, Marnich blocked the HBO hit from her consciousness almost entirely.

Peacock’s Apples Never Fall, which stars 2024 Oscar-nominee Annette Bening, launches tomorrow and is in international competition at next week’s Series Mania, was made with a Big Little Lies-free lens, Marnich explained to Deadline.

“I admire Big Little Lies and think it’s brilliant but I had to literally put it out my mind,” she said in the days leading up to the Lille market. “I knew I had to quite quickly ignore all [Moriarty’s past work] and ask what this book wants to be and what the best way is to honor it. How do I ignore all that came before to find the best voice and vision for this translation?”

Exec produced...

Oscar-nominated “Nyad” star Annette Bening on Peacock? Well, sometimes miracles do happen.

“Apples Never Fall” creator Melanie Marnich wanted to swing big when it came to pitching her take on the Liane Moriarty thriller novel adaptation. Despite never having showrun before, she was determined to cast A-lister Bening as Joy Delaney, a tennis pro coach matriarch who goes missing. While all signs point to her husband Stan (Sam Neill) as the most likely culprit, Joy’s case unlocks further Delaney family secrets swirling around their four children, played by Jake Lacy, Alison Brie, Conor Merrigan-Turner, and Essie Randles.

Bening, in fact, was at the center of Marnich’s initial pitch to Peacock.

“When [producer] David Heyman was looking for writers for the project I was like, ‘I’m going for it. I want this one,'” Marnich told IndieWire. “I think in my initial pitch to him, I was like, ‘I see Annette Bening as Joy.

In honor of International Women’s Day, IndieWire is pleased to share its annual female filmmakers to watch list featuring a rising assortment of women writers and directors with some of the biggest projects of the year.

On the big screen, Theda Hammel’s Sundance breakout “Stress Positions” went on to become a leading title on this year’s New Directors/New Films lineup and is set to close out the festival. Alessandra Lacorazza’s “In the Summers” won the Grand Jury prize at Sundance, and also earned Lacorazza the Directing prize. Cazzie David and Elisa Kalani co-wrote and co-directed SXSW selected film “I Love You Forever,” which is produced by Diablo Cody.

While David also co-stars in the film, another actress makes her directorial debut with a similarly sinister premiere: Anna Kendrick directs and stars in “Woman of the Hour” based on the haunting true story of the “Dating Game” killer.

A dysfunctional family is thrown into chaos by a woman with a dangerous past in Peacock's Apples Never Fall adaptation. Georgia Flood plays a troubled character in the show, shrouded in mystery and secrets that unfold as Joy goes missing. Flood discusses the interesting dynamics with her co-stars and the challenge of holding back her character's secrets in the show.

A woman with a dangerous past makes a dysfunctional family all the more chaotic in Apples Never Fall. The upcoming Peacock mystery show serves as an adaptation of the 2021 novel of the same name by Liane Moriarty. It also marks the latest adaptation of a work by the Australian author, largely thanks to Nicole Kidman, who has starred in and produced HBO's Big Little Lies, Hulu's Nine Perfect Strangers and the upcoming The Last Anniversary, which has yet to find an American release home.

Apples Never Fall revolves around the upper-class Floridian family,...

Annette Bening shines as Joy Delaney, the heart of Apples Never Fall, in the mysterious and darkly humorous family drama adaptation. Creator Melanie Marnich expertly navigates the challenge of translating the wit and complexity of Liane Moriarty's source material to the screen. The ensemble cast, led by Bening and Sam Neill, brings depth and balance to the story of a missing matriarch and family secrets unraveling.

The author of Big Little Lies is getting another intriguing show adaptation with Apples Never Fall. The Peacock miniseries explores the Delaney family, comprised of four children, a former tennis pro and his wife, who goes missing while out at a local farmer's market. In their efforts to find her, the family learns dark secrets about one another, as well as the mysterious drifter Savannah, who became the parents' ingénue after a fateful meeting.

Annette Bening and Sam Neill lead the ensemble Apples Never Fall...

Annette Bening, Sam Neill, Alison Brie, Jake Lacy, and more star in the adaptation of Liane Moriarty's novel, Apples Never Fall, where secrets unravel when the matriarch goes missing. Showrunner Melanie Marnich discusses changing the setting to South Florida and condensing the story into a compressed, propulsive format over seven episodes. The ensemble show focuses on each Delaney family member's history, secrets, and lies, with the final episode raising questions about Joy's disappearance.

The next adaptation of a book by Liane Moriarty (Big Little Lies) will hit Peacock on March 14. Apples Never Fall tells the story of the Delaney family, and the secrets brought to the surface when the family matriarch goes missing. 2024 Oscar-nominated actress Annette Bening leads the cast, which includes Sam Neill, Alison Brie, and Jake Lacy. In this adaptation of Moriarty's 2021 book, the Delaney's appear to have the perfect marriage, but there are secrets hiding beneath the surface.

Nominees have been announced for the 76th annual Writers Guild Awards, and Star Trek: Picard squeaked in just under the wire.

The concluded Paramount+ quasi-revival saw its series finale nominated in the Episodic Drama category. Other first-time nominees include freshman shows Shrinking, The Last of Us, The Curse and The Diplomat.

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Of course, usual suspects like Succession,...

The 2024 Writers Guild Awards nominations have been revealed.

The nominees in the category of original screenplay are Air, Barbie, The Holdovers, May December and Past Lives.

In the adapted screenplay category the nominees are American Fiction, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, Killers of the Flower Moon, Nyad and Oppenheimer.

In an unusual move this year, the WGA Awards will take place after the Oscars, with the winners awarded on April 14.

A complete list of this year’s nominees follows.

Screenplay Nominees

Original Screenplay

Air, Written by Alex Convery; Amazon MGM Studios

Barbie, Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach; Warner Bros. Pictures

The Holdovers, Written by David Hemingson; Focus Features

May December, Screenplay by Samy Burch, Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik; Netflix

Past Lives, Written by Celine Song; A24

Adapted Screenplay

American Fiction, Screenplay by Cord Jefferson, Based upon the novel Erasure by Percival Everett; Amazon MGM Studios

Are You There God?...

Liane Moriarty’s name has become almost synonymous with twisted dramas of affluent families and the dark secrets the who’s-who of the society holds behind their glamorous facades. Peacock’s upcoming mystery drama series, Apple Never Fall continues that storytelling trend, adapting from the novelist’s latest bestseller of the same name. The miniseries also has Moriarty attached to the project as an executive producer and is written by Golden Globe-winner Melanie Marnich. Apples Never Fall follows retired tennis coaches, Joy and Stan Delaney, and their four adult children, when Joy’s sudden disappearance upends everybody’s life. The event prompts the siblings to dig deep into their family and uncover the dark history and secrets surrounding their parents and their business. The all-new mystery drama series is the third adaptation of Moriarty’s work, after HBO’s Big Little Lies and Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers. So, if...

Apples Never Fall is a new Peacock series based on the Liane Moriarty (Big Little Lies) book, and stars Annette Bening, Alison Brie, Sam Neil, Jake Lacy, and more. The cast of Apples Never Fall discussed the theme of privacy, acknowledging the importance of maintaining privacy in their personal lives while simultaneously exposing themselves in their work as actors. Annette Bening detailed the way that acting is completely vulnerable and should be truthful; she says that the mask has to come off when acting.

A major discussion in this age of social media is the idea of privacy, whether we share too much of ourselves online, and how these issues may come back to bite us in the end. The topic was raised during a panel at this week's TCA Winter Tour, where the next adaptation of a book by the author of Big Little Lies', Lindsay Moriarty, premiered its first footage.

Peacock has released the official trailer for its upcoming series, Apples Never Fall.

We've had the pleasure of seeing the first five episodes, and without giving anything away, it's a page-turner!

You'll eagerly await every new episode as details about family secrets are slowly revealed, upending everything you thought you had already learned about them.

Based on Liane Moriarty’s New York Times bestselling novel, Apples Never Fall centers on the seemingly picture-perfect Delaney family.

Former tennis coaches Stan (Sam Neill) and Joy (Annette Bening) have sold their successful tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives.

While they look forward to spending time with their four adult children, everything changes when a wounded young woman knocks on Joy and Stan's door, bringing the excitement they've been missing.

But when Joy suddenly disappears, her children are forced to re-examine their parents' so-called...

Apples Never Fall, a limited series on Peacock, features an all-star cast including Annette Bening, Sam Neill, Alison Brie, and Jake Lacy. It is based on Liane Moriarty's bestselling novel. The series centers on the Delaney family, who appear to be a contented family until Joy, the mother, disappears. This event forces the children to re-examine their parents' marriage and family history. Apples Never Fall explores themes of love, long-term marriage, and the complexities of being part of a complicated family. The series promises to be gripping, tender, and moving, with a talented cast bringing the story to life.

Peacock's upcoming Apples Never Fall series has released a full trailer, featuring the all-star cast of Annette Bening, Sam Neill, Alison Brie, and Jake Lacy; all seven episodes premiere March 14, 2024 on Peacock. The limited series is an adaptation of the Liane Moriarty novel of the same name. Apples Never Fall...

Peacock has released the full trailer of Apples Never Fall, the limited series starring Annette Bening and Sam Neill, based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel.

“You can spend a lifetime with someone as a wife or as a mother, but you can never really know who they are,” Bening’s Joy says in the trailer.

The series revolves around the seemingly picture-perfect Delaney family, anchored by former tennis coaches Stan (Neill) and Joy (Bening), who have sold their successful tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives.

Jake Lacy, Alison Brie, Conor Merrigan-Turner, Essie Randles play Stan and Joy’s adult children in the 7-episode series written and executive produced by Melanie Marnich.

The logline for the show says that “everything changes when a wounded young woman knocks on Joy and Stan’s door, bringing the excitement they’ve been missing.

Secrets can poison any family, especially one whose matriarch mysteriously goes missing.

Upcoming Peacock series “Apples Never Fall” stars Oscar-nominated “Nyad” actress Annette Bening and “Jurassic Park” icon Sam Neill as the seemingly perfect couple behind an elite tennis academy. Yet as the duo celebrate retirement, Joy (Bening) suddenly goes missing…leaving their family (and the press) to accuse husband Stan (Neill) of being behind her disappearance.

Based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel of the same name, “Apples Never Fall” is the latest adaptation of Moriarty’s work, coming after “Big Little Lies” and “Nine Perfect Strangers.”

The official synopsis for “Apples Never Fall” reads: Former tennis coaches Stan (Sam Neill) and Joy (Annette Bening) Delaney have sold their successful tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. While they look forward to spending time with their four adult children, everything...

While we’re still hoping for a “Big Little Lies” Season 3, the Liane Moriarty cinematic universe is expanding thanks to the upcoming Peacock series “Apples Never Fall.”

Based on Moriarty’s 2021 novel of the same name, the limited series has a stellar cast including Annette Bening, Sam Neill, Jake Lacy, and Alison Brie, and follows an elite family’s innermost secrets as they come to light.

Keep scrolling to see all the details about the Peacock series, which premieres March 14.

What’s the Plot?

Per Peacock, the mystery series centers on the Delaney family, led by former tennis coaches Stan (Neill) and Joy (Bening), who have sold their successful tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. While they look forward to spending time with their four adult children, everything changes when a wounded young woman knocks on Joy and Stan’s door,...

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Griselda premiere

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Apples Never Fall finally has a premiere date. The limited series, based on the novel by Liane Moriarty, will arrive in March. Melanie Marnich is behind the drama as writer, showrunner, and an executive producer.

Starring Annette Bening, Sam Neill, Jake Lacy, Alison Brie, Conor Merrigan-Turner, Essie Randles, Georgia Flood, Jeanine Serralles, and Dylan Thuraisingham, the series follows a couple, played by Neill and Bening (above), looking to enter the golden years of their lives. That plan is upended when a young woman comes to their door.

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“Apples Never Fall,” a limited series based on Liane Moriarty’s New York Times bestselling novel, will be released on Peacock March 14, 2024. The seven-episode mystery drama stars Annette Bening and Sam Neill as former tennis coaches Stan and Joy. The couple has sold their successful tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives.

While they look forward to spending time with their four adult children, everything changes when a wounded young woman knocks on Joy and Stan’s door, bringing the excitement they’ve been missing. But when Joy suddenly disappears, her children are forced to re-examine their parents’ so-called perfect marriage as their family’s darkest secrets begin to surface. Watch the trailer below.

“Apples Never Fall” is from writer, showrunner and executive producer Melanie Marnich(“The Oa,” “The Affair”), executive producer David Heyman. Chris Sweeney and Dawn Shadforth direct the episodes.

Four-time Oscar nominee Annette Bening and two-time Emmy nominee Sam Neill lead the cast of Peacock’s Apples Never Fall, a limited series based on Liane Moriarty’s New York Times bestselling novel. The first official teaser briefly introduces the family at the heart of the story and reveals that beneath the family matriarch’s happy facade lie carefully kept secrets.

Joining Bening and Neill in the seven-episode drama are Jake Lacy, Alison Brie, Conor Merrigan-Turner, and Essie Randles. Georgia Flood, Jeanine Serralles, and Dylan Thuraisingham also star, with Katrina Lenk, Timm Sharp, Nate Mann, Paula Andrea Placido, Pooja Shah, and Quentin Plair guest starring.

Melanie Marnich (The Oa) adapted Moriarty’s book for the series and serves as executive producer and showrunner. Author Moriarty also executive produces along with Bening, David Heyman, Gregory Jacobs, Joe Hortua, Albert Page, and Jillian Share. Executive producer Chris Sweeney and Dawn Shadforth direct.

Peacock has just unveiled the official teaser for their upcoming limited drama series Apples Never Fall, which boasts a star-studded cast and will debut on the streaming platform in its entirety on March 14. The series will consist of seven episodes, and stars Sam Neill, Annette Bening, Jake Lacy, and Alison Brie. The series comes from writer, showrunner, and executive producer Melanie Marnich, and executive producer David Heyman and is based on the acclaimed novel by Liane Moriarty, which achieved bestseller status in the New York Times.

Annette Bening’s return to television will happen in March.

Peacock has unveiled a March 14 premiere date and the full trailer for the seven-episode Apples Never Fall, a limited series that marks Bening’s first TV role since her Emmy-nominated turn in HBO’s 2005 telepic, Mrs. Harris.

From showrunner Melanie Marnich (The Oa, The Affair) Apples Never Fall is based on the Liane Moriarty novel of the same name and revolves around Stan (Sam Neill) and Joy Delaney (Bening), who have sold their successful tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. While they look forward to spending time with their four adult children (played by Jake Lacy, Alison Brie, Conor Merrigan-Turner and Essie Randles), everything changes when a wounded young woman knocks on Joy and Stan’s door, bringing the excitement they’ve been missing.

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From writer, showrunner and executive producer Melanie Marnich, executive producer David Heyman and based on Liane Moriarty’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel of the same name “Apples Never Fall” is a new Apple TV drama arriving in March.

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Peacock’s limited series Apples Never Fall, starring Annette Bening and Sam Neill, has set a March 14 premiere date and unveiled a first-look teaser (watch it above).

“You’re a devoted wife and mom and know everything about those closest to you. But the truth is, everyone has a secret, even you.” So begins the teaser trailer with the voiceover by Bening’s Joy.

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The seven-episode Apples Never Fall, based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel, centers on the seemingly picture-perfect Delaney family. Former tennis coaches Stan (Neill) and Joy (Bening) have sold their successful tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives.

While they look forward to spending time with their four adult children, everything changes when a wounded young woman knocks...