Joe Otterson TV Reporter “The Perfect Couple” could be back for Season 2 — with a new story and a new cast. Variety has learned from sources that Netflix is developing a second season of the popular series based on the Elin Hilderbrand novel “Swan Song.” Given that book features an entirely different story and characters than “The Perfect Couple,” also based on a Hilderbrand novel, the idea is to go the anthology route with the series.
Joanna Calo is attached to write, executive produce and showrun the new season, which has not been formally greenlit at this time.
Season 1 star Nicole Kidman will executive produce for Blossom Films along with Per Saari, with Gail Berman, Shawn Levy, Susanne Bier, and Hend Baghdady also executive producing.
Reps for Netflix declined to comment. Like “The Perfect Couple,” “Swan Song” takes place in Nantucket. But rather than the Winburys, the book focuses on the mysterious Richardson family.
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