The Elin Hilderbrand cinematic universe is rising after The Good Couple‘s success on Netflix.
Hilderbrand and The Good Couple showrunner Jenna Lamia confirmed they’re already working collectively to adapt one other certainly one of her novels.
“We didn’t want the success of the present to need to work collectively once more,” Lamia instructed Deadline on Tuesday, September 24, earlier than clarifying that it wouldn’t be a follow-up to The Good Couple. “It was all the time meant to be a restricted sequence.”
Hilderbrand, nonetheless, admitted she didn’t get sufficient of the characters within the six-episode sequence. The pair are excited to increase the difference house with extra reveals that really feel like “a seaside learn in TV” type.
“That’s what we have been going for,” Lamia added. “As a result of I feel a seaside learn is a superb factor.”
The creator mirrored on the current success in guide diversifications, saying, “I feel Hollywood realized there’s an viewers for this. There usually are not simply girls, however lots of people who’re inquisitive about these novels delivered to life.”
Earlier this month, The Good Couple debuted on Netflix to report success. The present introduced in over 10 million views in its second full week on Netflix and got here in second solely to Ryan Murphy’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.
The Good Couple tells the story of a marriage weekend that will get uprooted when a physique is discovered on the seaside. The sequence premiere, which debuted in September, revealed that the bride’s (Eve Hewson) maid of honor, Merritt (Meghann Fahy), was the one who was killed, however it wasn’t till the finale that followers came upon who was really accountable.
Hilderbrand has launched 26 different novels set on Nantucket, together with Swan Tune, her closing guide set on the island.
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“I feel they might all be fulfilling to someone who loved The Good Couple. It’s actually nice for me, as a result of new folks can be discovering my books. The Good Couple’s No. 6 on the paperback bestseller listing subsequent week,” Hilderbrand added on Tuesday. “I might suggest The Castaways, which additionally has an unexplained dying, and possibly my Paradise sequence which is ready within the Virgin Islands, the place I’m going each winter, and is extra like a thriller.”
Hilderbrand beforehand hinted at having a number of extra initiatives within the works.
“The 5 Star Weekend is in improvement with Peacock proper now. Swan Tune has been optioned — I can’t inform you by who. The Winter Avenue guide sequence has been optioned and 28 Summers [has been optioned] with a film firm,” Hilderbrand instructed Boston.com in July. “I’m going to hope and pray that The Good Couple is profitable sufficient that these all find yourself getting greenlit. That will be a lot enjoyable, and I might be as concerned or as uninvolved as I need to be on these.”
The Good Couple is presently streaming on Netflix.