Jennifer Garner stars as chef at a crossroads in new Peacock production, Rachel Weisz stars as obsessed professor in Netflix’s Vladimir, and Patrick Dempsey headlines new Fox hitman series
Five-Star Weekend (Peacock)
Jennifer Garner (Deadpool & Wolverine, Family Switch) and Regina Hall (Nine Perfect Strangers, Girls Trip) will co-star in an adaptation of the Elin Hilderbrand novel Five-Star Weekend for the Peacock streaming service. The show centers on Hollis Shaw (Garner), a famed food influencer known for her delicious recipes who suffers a devastating loss. Unable to move forward, the death starts to expose the cracks in Hollis’s picture-perfect life, and in an effort to overcome grief and find herself again, Hollis gets the idea to host a weekend getaway at her house on Nantucket with three friends from different stages in her life: her childhood, her twenties, thirties and one surprise fifth star. Bekah Brunstetter (This Is Us) will serve as creator, writer and executive producer, with on-location filming in Nantucket scheduled for July 7.
Vladimir (Netflix)
Rachel Weisz (Dead Ringers, Black Widow) is set to star in a limited Netflix series about a woman’s growing obsession with a colleague. An adaptation of the Julia May Jonas novel Vladimir, the story follows a novelist-professor whose life spirals out of control as she becomes obsessed with a charismatic younger colleague, blurring fantasy and reality. The series promises “sexy secrets, dark humor and complex characters” as the protagonist pursues her desires with reckless abandon. Kate Robin (Six Feet Under, The Affair) will serve as series showrunner, with filming scheduled to commence in Mississauga, Ontario in early July.
Memory of a Killer (Fox)
Memory of a Killer—a 2003 Belgian action thriller about a hitman who develops early-onset Alzheimer’s disease—was recently given an American adaption with Liam Neeson and will now receive a direct-to-series order from Fox. Starring Patrick Dempsey (Grey’s Anatomy, Ferrari) with direction from noted action director Martin Campbell (Casino Royale, The Mask of Zorro), the series will begin filming in Toronto in early August.
