Nicole Kidman | Photo Credit: Richard Shotwell
Nicole Kidman is back in the HBO fold as the Hollywood actor is set to headline the premium cable network’s new limited series “The Perfect Nanny.”
Kidman, who previously starred in HBO’s critically acclaimed series “Big Little Lies” and “The Undoing,” will appear on the show alongside “PEN15” co-creator Maya Erskine, based on author Leila Slimani’s novel of the same title. based on.
According to entertainment news outlet hollywood reporterErskine will also write and executive produce the series.
Published in France as “Chanson Dous” (Lullaby), Slimani’s novel is a thriller that follows an increasingly co-dependent relationship between a couple and the nanny they hire.
It won France’s prestigious Prix Goncourt in 2016 and has become an international bestseller in translation.
The show’s official logline reads, “A seemingly perfect nanny goes to work for a couple with two young children, but her helpful personality eventually turns into something sinister.”
Legendary Entertainment is a co-Studio with HBO. Kidman and her Blossom Films partner Per Sari will also executive produce with Why Not Productions’ Pascal Cocheteaux and Pan-European’s Philippe Godeau.