First Look at The Expats Miniseries Starring Nicole Kidman

First images released emigrantsmini-series produced and directed by Lulu Wang

(Director of the award-winning Goodbye is a good lie) with an Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman. The show is an adaptation of an international bestseller. emigrants written Janice Y.K. Lee. The series questions privilege and explores what happens when the line between victim and guilt blurs. The six-episode mini-drama series set in Hong Kong will debut on Prime Video in early 2024.

Let’s see next Kidman Sarayu Blue (I never…, Hands off our daughters), Ji Young Yoo (Girl Power – Revolution starts at school, Tuxedo Tigers), Brian Tee (Chicago Honey, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – Out of the Shadows) and Jack Huston (House of Gucci, Fargo).

Expats- Scenario

In the vibrant and hectic Hong Kong of 2014, three wealthy American women live their lives, each with their own hardships and traumas. Margaret (Nicole Kidman) lost son Hilary (Sarayu Blue) can’t come to terms with his past and Mercy (Ji Young YooI’m desperate to get pregnant. This experience will lead women immersed in a hectic life of partying and obvious friendships to develop a deep connection.

All female team

Showrunner Lulu Wang told Vanity Fair about the difficulty of portraying a city like Hong Kong on screen:

“Hong Kong is such a culturally and politically sensitive place and I feel responsible for capturing the city and its essence in both senses. But as an outsider who is not a Hong Kong citizen, I also feel, well, what are my limits?”

An all-female writing team that, in addition to Wang, includes real meow (Horror stories with two sentences), Gursimran Sandhu (Game of Thrones), Alice Bell (beautiful lie, Hit), who is also an executive producer and author of Janice Y.K. Lee. The director is also an executive producer Daniel Melia for local time Nicole Kidman AND For Saari for Blossom Filmsrabbit hole, Nine Perfect Strangers). World premiere of the penultimate episode of the series. emigrants will take place at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8.

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