Hulu Taps Jonathan Levine To Direct Star-Studded Limited Series 'Nine Perfect Strangers'

Jonathan Levine is returning to TV with “Nine Perfect Strangers,” an upcoming star-studded Hulu limited series based on Liane Moriarty‘s book of the same name.

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Levine will direct a cast which includes Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Samara Weaving, Luke Evans, and more. The show follows nine stressed people from the city arriving at a “boutique health-and-wellness resort” promising healing and transformation. Watching over them is the resort’s director Masha (Kidman) who is on a mission to reinvigorate tired minds and bodies.

This will be Levine’s return to TV after shooting the pilot for “Rush,” and “I’m Dying Up Here.” And this will be his follow-up to the fantastic romantic comedy “Long Shot.” Now he’ll direct all eight episodes of “Nine Perfect Strangers” as well as executive produce alongside Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Jodi Matterson for Made Up Stories, Kidman and Per Saari for Blossom Films, Liane Moriarty, David E. Kelley, John Henry Butterworth and McCarthy.

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The show is written by David. E. Kelley, John Henry Butterworth, and Samantha Strauss, with Kelley and Butterworth acting as co-showrunners, and it is set to be released in 2021.

Here’s the synopsis for the book:

“Nine people gather at a remote health resort. Some are here to lose weight, some are here to get a reboot on life, some are here for reasons they can’t even admit to themselves. Amidst all of the luxury and pampering, the mindfulness and meditation, they know these ten days might involve some real work. But none of them could imagine just how challenging the next ten days are going to be. Frances Welty, the formerly best-selling romantic novelist, arrives at Tranquillum House nursing a bad back, a broken heart, and an exquisitely painful paper cut. She’s immediately intrigued by her fellow guests. Most of them don’t look to be in need of a health resort at all. But the person that intrigues her most is the strange and charismatic owner/director of Tranquillum House. Could this person really have the answers Frances didn’t even know she was seeking? Should Frances put aside her doubts and immerse herself in everything Tranquillum House has to offer – or should she run while she still can? It’s not long before every guest at Tranquillum House is asking exactly the same question.”