A third season of Big Little Lies is ramping up at HBO, as the cable and streaming outlet has hired Mr. & Mrs. Smith co-creator Francesca Sloane to write a first episode of the show.
Sloane has also signed a two-year overall deal with HBO, where she’ll also develop and produce other material. Big Little Lies is now formally in development again there, following years of speculation about a potential third season — a good bit of which came from its core cast and creative team.
The series, based on Liane Moriarty’s novel of the same name, last aired in 2019. Stars and executive producers Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman have mused about a third season off and on since then, and as recently as June, series creator David E. Kelley said he was “hopeful” another season would happen.
More to come.
