Jessica Biel and Elizabeth Banks Have a Deliciously Twisted Relationship in The Better Sister

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The Better Sister. Given —as well as major interest in —the series by best-selling author Alafair Burke has been on our radar for nearly a year.Now Glamour can exclusively reveal that the thrilling eight-episode limited series—which also stars Corey Stoll, Lorraine Toussaint, Matthew Modine, Gloria Reuben, and more—will premiere on Thursday, May 29.“I’m excited for people to see it unfold, who don’t know how the book ends, and all the twists and turns that are about to happen,” Elizabeth Banks tells Glamour. “I love a whodunit.

And what’s fun about the series is that we’re all chess pieces getting moved around. Each episode sort of explores the level of control each person has at any given time.”Elizabeth Banks in The Better SisterIf you’re not familiar with the book, then let’s break it down for you here: It centers on two estranged sisters—Chloe (Jessica Biel) and Nicky (Elizabeth Banks)—who are thrown back together when a tragedy upends both of their lives.

That tragedy is the death of Chloe’s handsome lawyer husband, Adam (Corey Stoll). Prior to the shocking event, Chloe, a high-profile media executive, was living a seemingly picturesque life with Adam and their teenage son, Ethan (Maxwell Acee Donovan).

Meanwhile, Chloe’s estranged sister, Nicky, has been struggling to make ends meet and stay clean. The two have led very separate lives, but in the wake of Adam’s brutal murder, they must untangle a complicated family history to figure out what happened and who’s responsible.Alafair Burke, who wrote the book, The Better Sister, tells Glamour that “with an adaptation, an author lets go of the work to change in new hands and in a separate form.