According to Deadline, Hulu has ordered Second Wife, a new series from Tell Me Lies creator Meaghan Oppenheimer, set to star Emma Roberts and Tom Ellis.
What’s Happening:
- Second Wife is a romantic dramedy about the ups and downs of a blended family. Fresh off a terrible breakup, Sasha (Roberts) flees her life in New York to start over in London, where she meets and quickly falls in love with a recently divorced father named Jacob (Ellis). When they impulsively decide to get married, they will soon learn that there’s a lot they don’t know about each other – and they can’t outrun their pasts forever. Darkly comedic in tone, Second Wife is an exploration of intimacy, failure, and second chances.
- Emma Roberts (American Horror Story) and Tom Ellis (Lucifer) will star in and executive produce the darkly comedic half-hour, created, executive produced and to be showrun by Oppenheimer.
- Roberts is executive producing through her Belletrist TV banner the series, which also reunites Ellis with Hulu and 20th Television – he stars in their upcoming limited series Washington Black.
- The series marks the first creative collaboration between husband-and-wife duo Ellis and Oppenheimer and draws some parallels to their story.
- Second Wife will be produced by 20th Television.
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- Hulu has shared a brand-new teaser for their upcoming eight-episode comedy series History of the World, Part II, which premieres Monday, March 6th with two episodes.
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