In what seems like a growing quest to partner with every streaming platform on the market, Reese Witherspoon finds herself in hot water in the first trailer for Hulu's forthcoming adaptation of Little Fires Everywhere.
Starring and executive produced by Witherspoon and Kerry Washington, the miniseries is based on Celeste Ng's 2017 novel of the same name. Like the book, the show focuses on two families, the well-off Richardsons (led by Witherspoon and her onscreen husband, Joshua Jackson) and the less-fortunate Warrens (Washington as single mom Mia and Lexi Underwood as her daughter), and the consequences that occur when tangled relationships between the children and parents begin to take shape.
"This story of two families in Ohio moved me to tears," Witherspoon said in 2017 when she placed Little Fires Everywhere on her book club list. "Celeste Ng writes with stunning accuracy about the power of motherhood, the intensity of teenage love and the danger of perfection – and the fire that destroys it all. To say I love this book is an understatement!"
Witherspoon produced the show under her Hello Sunshine banner, the company she has used to previously produce television series Big Little Lies for HBO, The Morning Show for Apple TV Plus, and the forthcoming Daisy Jones & the Six adaptation for Amazon Prime Video, among others.
Little Fires Everywhere is but one of many major series and projects coming from Hulu in the coming months. In addition to debuting the trailer during the Television Critics Association winter press tour on Friday, the Disney-owned streaming platform also offered a fresh look at High Fidelity with Zoe Kravitz in the gender-flipped lead role (coming Feb. 14), a trailer for its adaptation of the best-seller Normal People (coming spring 2020), and a first glimpse at Hillary (coming March 6), a documentary series on Hillary Clinton. Hulu also announced it will produce second seasons of Dollface with Kat Dennings and Wu-Tang: An American Saga, provided Ramy with a Season 2 premiere date (May 29), and revealed miniseries The Great, from The Favourite co-writer Tony McNamara and starring that film's scene-stealer Nicholas Hoult alongside Elle Fanning as a young Catherine the Great, arrives on May 15.
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