Jennifer Garner leads The Five Star weekenda glossy, sunny drama adapted from his best-selling book Elin Hilderbrandits author The perfect couple. Next is the series Hollis Shawa celebrity chef and best-selling author whose life begins to fall apart after a devastating loss.
Garner stars as Hollis Shaw, a celebrity chef and best-selling author known for her recipes, flavor and warm public image. Hollis has built a life that looks polished from the outside, but a devastating loss sends that image into crisis. As she struggles to move forward, grief exposes the pressure beneath her everyday life, including a strained marriage, a complicated relationship with her daughter, and a growing need for validation from her fans.
The story follows Hollis as she tries to regain a sense of control by inviting friends to her home in Nantucket for a weekend away. It brings together women from different periods of her life, including her childhood, twenties and thirties, along with a surprise fifth star. The gathering begins as an attempt to deal with grief and reconnect with herself, then turns into a test of faith, memory and personal boundaries.
Set in a luxurious seaside setting, the series follows the team as their weekend brings difficult truths to light. Secrets surface, relationships change, and each guest faces parts of her life she might have avoided. The plot places friendship, loss, ambition and reinvention in a confined social setting, allowing the drama to build through conversation, history and emotional strain.
Jennifer Garner leads an ensemble that includes; D’Arcy Carden, Gemma Chan, Regina Hall, Chloe Sevigny, Harlow Janeand Timothy Olyphant. Rob Huebel, David Denman, Josh Hamilton, Western Duchovny, Judy Greer, Tory Devon Smith, Morrison Kennedyand Roberta Colindrez also appears in the series, which will air exclusively in the UK and Ireland Heaven and NOW this July.
Lucy CridleDirector of Acquisitions & Strategic Projects at Heavendescribed the series as a polished character-driven drama and showed off its ensemble cast led by Garner. “We’re delighted to bring this glossy character drama to our audiences on Sky and NOW this summer, based on the best-selling novel of the same name. With an ensemble cast, led by Jennifer Garner, it’s the perfect addition to our slate.” she said.
Bekah Brunstetter, Sue Nagle, But the CircleJennifer Garner, Elin Hilderbrand, Merry Howard, Beth Schacterand Minkie Spiro serve as executive producers. Universal Content Productionsa division of Global Studio teamproduces the series. Lucy Cridle acquired The Five Star Weekend for Sky in her role as Director of Acquisitions & Strategic Projects.
Five Star Weekend comes to Sky and NOW in July, bringing Hilderbrand’s Nantucket story to UK and Irish audiences through a drama based on grief, friendship, public image and the private fractures behind a carefully curated life.
