Melissa McCarthy Joins Nicole Kidman In ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ Hulu Limited Series From David E. Kelley

Melissa McCarthy is set to star opposite Nicole Kidman in Hulu’s tentpole limited series Nine Perfect Strangers, based on Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty’s latest book. Oscar-nominated McCarthy will executive produce alongside Kidman the project, from David E. Kelley, Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories, Kidman’s Blossom Films — all key auspices behind HBO’s hit Big Little Lies adaptation — and Endeavor Content.

This marks McCarthy’s first series regular role since her Emmy-winning starring turn on CBS’ Mike & Molly.

Co-written by Kelley, John Henry Butterworth and Samantha Strauss and co-showrun by Kelley and Butterworth, Nine Perfect Strangers the series takes place at a boutique health-and-wellness resort that promises healing and transformation as nine stressed city dwellers try to get on a path to a better way of living. Watching over them during this ten-day retreat is the resort’s director Masha (played by Kidman), a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. McCarthy will play Francis, one of the nine “perfect” strangers.

Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Casey Haver executive produce for Made Up Stories, along with Kidman and Per Saari for Blossom Films, Moriarty, Kelley and Butterworth. The series is expected to debut on Hulu in 2021 to accommodate its talent’s schedules.