«One of Us Is Lying» is an American teen drama mystery television series developed by Erica Saleh.
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- One of Us Is Lying is an American teen drama mystery TV series.
- It was developed by Erica Saleh.
- The series is based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Karen M. McManus.
- It follows five high school students who enter detention, where one of them dies under suspicious circumstances and an investigation ensues.
- It stars Mark McKenna as Simon, the deceased student, and Annalisa Cochrane, Chibuikem Uche, Marianly Tejada, and Cooper van Grootel as the main suspects, with Barrett Carnahan, Jessica McLeod, and Melissa Collazo, Sara Thompson and Alimi Ballard in supporting roles.
- The series premiered on Peacock on October 7, 2021.
- It was met with generally positive reviews from critics.
- In January 2022, the series was renewed for a second season which premiered on October 20, 2022.
- In September 2017, Universal Content Productions announced it had acquired the rights to the novel and would produce a television series adaptation to be released onE!.
- In August 2019, the project was moved to NBCUniversal, who gave the then-unreleased streaming service Peacock its first pilot order with the series.
- In September 2019, it was reported that Jennifer Morrison would direct the pilot episode.
- Auditions began that same month, and in October, Marianly Tejada, Cooper van Grootel, Annalisa Cochrane, Chibuikem Uche, Jessica McLeod, Barrett Carnahan, and Melissa Collazo were announced as part of the cast.
- In joining the series, van Grootel, Cochrane, and Uche all said they had not heard about the novel before they auditioned.
- Filming for the first episode took place in Vancouver, starting on November 2, 2019, and concluded on November 20.
- On August 12, 2020, the project became the first from Peacock to receive a series order.
- The remaining seven episodes started shooting in New Zealand on May 10, 2021, with filming scheduled to conclude on September 24, 2021.
- That same year, Mark McKenna was confirmed as a series regular in July; Martin Bobb-Semple, Karim Diane, George Ferrier, Miles J. Harvey, Zenia Marshall, and Sara Thompson were announced as part of the recurring cast in August, and Alimi Ballard was confirmed in October.
- In an interview, series showrunner Darío Madrona was asked if the series would stay faithful to its source material. He responded by saying, “We’ve been faithful to the spirit of the story and the themes and the characters, but also trying to add some little twists and turns here and there so we can surprise readers of the book.”
- On January 14, 2022, Peacock renewed the series for a second season, with Saleh replacing Madrona as showrunner.
- In May 2022, Joe Witkowski and Doralynn Mui joined the cast in recurring roles.
- The second season premiered on October 20, 2022.
- Sara Thompson and Alimi Ballard were promoted to series regulars for the second season.
- Maeve always wears something with a butterfly.
- This is based off of the young adult book by the author Karen M. McManus.
- Inspired by the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club.
- Mark McKenna and Barrett Carnahan became good friends during filming and frequently hung out between shoots.
- Barrett Carnahan and Annalisa Cochrane we’re both in the hit Netflix show, Cobra Kai.
- The movie posters in Jake’s movie room constantly change. The common theme is they are movies where a person is not who they say they are.
- On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 89% of 9 critics’ reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.0/10.
- Before its premiere, critics were given the first three episodes to review.
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