According to Deadline, Oscar winner Laura Dern and Emmy nominee Margaret Qualley will lead the solid of Netflix and A24‘s upcoming limited series Forever, Interrupted, based on bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid’s 2013 debut novel. Both Dern and Qualley are additionally set as govt producers together with Reid.

In the collection, Elsie (Qualley) and Ben’s whirlwind romance is electrical – inside months they’re married and dwelling fortunately ever after – when Ben’s sudden loss of life forces Elsie to come face to face with Susan (Dern), the mother-in-law who doesn’t know that she exists,” reads the logline. “Told through a dual timeline, the series recounts Elsie and Ben’s once-in-a-lifetime love, intercut with Elsie and Susan’s unexpected journey as their at first turbulent connection ultimately brings both women cathartic new beginnings.”

Who’s concerned in Forever, Interrupted?

Forever, Interrupted will likely be written by Yellowjackets’ Julia Bicknell, who has additionally been tapped to function the showrunner. Netflix efficiently gained the rights to the mission in a aggressive bidding battle towards a number of consumers. Executive producers are Jessica Rhoades, Alison Mo, Brad Mendelsohn, Jayme Lemons, and Brett Hedblom. It is a manufacturing by A24.

This marks Reid’s second collaboration with the streamer, as they’re additionally presently working collectively within the highly-anticipated movie adaptation of Reid’s standard novel The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, which will likely be directed by The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland. The upcoming collection can even reunite Dern and Qualley with Netflix, following their critically-acclaimed performances within the 2019 movie Marriage Story, and the Maid collection, respectively. The Jurassic Park alum was most not too long ago seen within the Apple TV+ dramedy Palm Royale, which was led by Kristen Wiig. Meanwhile, Qualley will likely be starring reverse Emma Stone this June in Yorgos Lanthimos’ upcoming anthology film Kinds of Kindness.