Murray Bartlett, Annie Murphy, and “The Good Struggle” alum Christine Baranski have signed on to star in Season 2 of Hulu‘s “9 Excellent Strangers” as sequence regulars together with Dolly De Leon, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, King Princess, Aras Aydin and Lucas Englander.
Bartlett (“The Final of Us,” “The White Lotus”) is about to painting Brian; Murphy and Baranski will tackle the roles of Imogen and Victoria, respectively. Selection beforehand reported on Bartlett being in talks to star in June.
Bartlett is repped by Nameless Content material, WME and Related. Murphy is repped by CAA and Mosaic. UTA and Viking Leisure represents Baranski.
De Leon is hooked up to star as Agnes. Richardson-Sellers will painting Wolfie. Aydin will star as Matteo and Englander will step into the function of Martin. In her appearing debut, musician King Princess will play Tina. Further character particulars have but to be launched.
De Leon is repped by Gersh, Fusion Leisure and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein. Richardson-Sellers is repped by Gersh, Denton-Brierly, Luber Roklin and Schreck, Rose, Dapello & Adams. Aydin is repped by Ozlem Durak of Artistanbul and WME and Adam Herzog of One thing Particular Administration signify King Princess. Englander is represented by Sam Turnbull of Curtis Brown (UK), Jochen Döll of Lastrada Doells (Germany), Laura Meerson of Adequat (France).
Season 1, which debuted on Hulu in August 2021, adopted 9 careworn strangers from the town as they enterprise to a boutique health-and-wellness resort that guarantees therapeutic and transformation in an try and get on a path to a greater way of life. Watching over them throughout this 10-day retreat is the resort’s director, Masha, a girl on a mission to reinvigorate their drained minds and our bodies. The sequence relies on the novel of the identical identify by Liane Moriarty, who additionally served as an govt producer on the primary season.
Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Bobby Cannavale, Regina Corridor, Samara Weaving, Melvin Gregg, Asher Keddie, Grace Van Patten, Tiffany Boone and Manny Jacinto starred within the first season.
Jonathan Levine directed all eight episodes, serving as govt producer alongside Bruna Papandrea, Steve Hutensky and Jodi Matterson for Made Up Tales, Nicole Kidman and Per Saari for Blossom Movies, Liane Moriarty, showrunner David E. Kelley, John Henry Butterworth, Molly Allen, Samantha Strauss and Melissa McCarthy. Season one was co-written by Kelley, John Henry Butterworth and Samantha Strauss. Papandrea’s Made Up Tales, Nicole Kidman’s Blossom Movies, and Fifth Season produced the primary season. The sequence hails from Kelley.
